To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [nafex] Plastic bags on plums
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:24:02 -0500
On Feb 12, 2012, at 11:47 PM, Jim Fruth wrote:
> Ginda wrote, "If it's bugs, zip-lock bags provide pretty good protection
> for
> pomes (apples, pears) but tend to rot stone fruits."
>
> I had good luck using zip-lock bags on Tecumseh plums. Almost none of
> them rotted.
>
I have never tried bags with plums. I thought I remembered some people
writing on this list that they'd had trouble with rot.
I had good luck with Jonathan apples until the squirrels ate them all.