I wouldn't pick them until they are ripe. I don't know about plums, but
peaches receive 90 percent of their sweetness and flavor in the last five
days of their ripening process.

Maybe you could hang some sugar water in the trees in plastic jugs cut to
allow the bugs access. They will try to get into the jugs and drown. You
will have to change the water regularly.

Dwayne


"timbuc2" wrote in message
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can anyone tell me when to pick plums, when they are red&green or when
they are red all over, if i leave them on tree bugs start to eat them




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timbuc2