Author Topic: Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?  (Read 2896 times)

JStone

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Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?
« on: 02 August, 2011, 09:47:40 am »
Help! We got home from a weekend away to find one branch of the plum tree had peeled off under the weight of fruit and was lying on the grass. There's at least 3 buckets-full of green plums. Following internet & neighbourly wisdom we've spread them out in boxes with a few bananas and left them outside in the hope that some will eventually ripen.

So - any suggestions from the panel for what to do with a large quantity of unripe plums?

TIA  :)
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?
« Reply #1 on: 02 August, 2011, 08:42:33 pm »
Chutney?
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Basil

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Re: Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?
« Reply #2 on: 02 August, 2011, 09:14:44 pm »
Treat as veg.
Stir fry small quantities along with your usual ingrediants.  Don't make them the main ingrediant, though.
 
+1 to the chutney idea
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JStone

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Re: Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?
« Reply #3 on: 03 August, 2011, 10:00:06 am »
ok, thanks - looks like industrial quantities of plum chutney is the best option
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rogerzilla

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Re: Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?
« Reply #4 on: 22 August, 2011, 06:57:09 pm »
Our plum tree ripped itself in half three years ago and then died  :-\
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Re: Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?
« Reply #5 on: 26 March, 2012, 07:53:47 pm »
Are you planning to prune the tree and thin the crop later this year?

JStone

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Re: Plum tree disaster - unripe plums suggestions?
« Reply #6 on: 26 March, 2012, 09:01:03 pm »
Are you planning to prune the tree and thin the crop later this year?

yes, it got remodelled last year & will be getting some further attention.
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