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[Ernest T Bass]

I really don't like the idea of this, but I saw a video of someone making "Army Worm Wine". My plumb trees are loaded and the ground is covered with red plumbs. The problem is, each plumb has a little black spot on it and when you open the plumb up there is a little white worm. You know the questons, will it taste bad, will it kill me, will it make me sick (other than the thought of drinking worm juice). Again, I don't mean a few plumbs, every plumb has a worm. I'm sure a few get thru in the wineries, but I'm talking a lot of worms. If your answer is to go for it, I'll send you the first bottle and wait a couple of weeks before I try it.
Thanks
Semper Fi

 

[Wade E]

Id cut that area out myself and treat the trees against these next year.

 

[TJsBasement]

Id cut that area out myself and treat the trees against these next year.

He's just trying to get that first bottle

We have the same thing with a plum tree but most are falling off before they ripen, all and every one have at least one hole in them.

 

[tonyandkory]

I would think if you used say a mellon baller or something to core out the worm and surrounding area there wouldn't a problem

 

[robie]

I wouldn't hesitate to cut out the entire bad spot and use the rest.

(If you do, I'll take the first bottle.)

 

[JohnT]

If you are thinking about fermenting your wine with the worms, I would strongly advise against it. The meat in the worms can introduce all kinds of "nasties" that you really do not want. Like that other have said, I would cut the little buggers out.

 

[rjb222]

From experience do not ferment what you would not eat. A simple rule of thumb I now follow religiously. I had some wormed cherries fruit was still firm but the little beggars were inside the only batch I dumped totally undrinkable.

 

[robie]

From experience do not ferment what you would not eat. A simple rule of thumb I now follow religiously. I had some wormed cherries fruit was still firm but the little beggars were inside the only batch I dumped totally undrinkable.

Yep, not the kind of "mouth-feel" one would expect.

 

[Ernest T Bass]

Thanks for the replys, I think I'll pass on em. I sprayed them just before they bloomed, sprayed them while in full bloom and sprayed them after the blooms fell off. I used liquid sevin, must not have been the right kind of spray. I'll try again next year.
Semper Fi

 

[btom2004]

Thanks for the replys, I think I'll pass on em. I sprayed them just before they bloomed, sprayed them while in full bloom and sprayed them after the blooms fell off. I used liquid sevin, must not have been the right kind of spray. I'll try again next year.
Semper Fi

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