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Akhenaten said:
there's always plenty of plums and peaches around at this time of year.
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I've got a couple of plums on my (horribly neglected) plum tree. I got a shock to see that it had fruited at all. Do you know when you are supposed to pick them?
 
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A.A.Alfie said:
When they're ripe.
:D
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Yeh, how do you know when they are ripe to pick? Leave them on the tree until they are soft enough to eat or pick them a bit before? The one's in the shop are usually a bit hard when you buy them and then they soften up at home.
 
Boys and Girls,

I'm the last person in the world to complain about OT stuff, and mea culpa also, but this is the History, Literature and the Arts sub-forum.

Maybe we should take the possums, plums and puppy poo discussion to the 'Australians Only' thread in the Humor sub-forum.

Thanks Cobbers.


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Lolly said:
I've got a couple of plums on my (horribly neglected) plum tree. I got a shock to see that it had fruited at all. Do you know when you are supposed to pick them?
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Lurking and keeping an eye on you Aussies does pay off sometimes. :)

As an ex fruiterer of some 30 ish years I can tell you that your Plums are best left on the tree untill ripe to eat.They should be almost blubbery and the stone should come out clean of the fruit. Basically, The longer they are on there the better they will taste.
They are sold hard in the supermarkets for one reason only. Shelf life. Its more often the case that they have been picked at such an immature stage that they never ripen properly.
If the juice dont run down your chin its not ripe. :)
 
learner said:
Lurking and keeping an eye on you Aussies does pay off sometimes. :)

As an ex fruiterer of some 30 ish years I can tell you that your Plums are best left on the tree untill ripe to eat.They should be almost blubbery and the stone should come out clean of the fruit. Basically, The longer they are on there the better they will taste.
They are sold hard in the supermarkets for one reason only. Shelf life. Its more often the case that they have been picked at such an immature stage that they never ripen properly.
If the juice dont run down your chin its not ripe. :)
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:)


You remind me of a delicious fruit which, as far as I know, originated in East Asia and which is now grown widely in Australia, both commercially and by home cultivators - the Nectarine.

Nectarines are grown in quantity in Queensland's Granite Belt, as well as billions and billions of grapes and other gourmet noms.
 
Akhenaten said:
Yeah, what's the deal with that? I was thinking about this after I made my post (with Mallacoota spelled wrong, I notice - d'oh).

We've been over there a few times, poking around the more inland parts of the waterways, and as you say, there are Goannas everywhere.

I know tourists attract them, but there must be more than that going on.

Do you know why, Damien? If not, I'll research it and make a post about the subject.


Cheers
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Not sure, but it's probably mostly climate and habitat, they seem to like open Eucalypt and Banksia bushland, they're less common inland where it's more pure Eucalypt Forest.
 
Akhenaten said:
Maybe we should take the possums, plums and puppy poo discussion to the 'Australians Only' thread in the Humor sub-forum.

Thanks Cobbers.
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But...but...but... aren't we talking about Australian possums, plums, and puppy poo?

And if you all go to the "Australians Only" thread, I can't go too... :(
 
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