best to leave them on the tree. Can you put a net over it?
Also, if you put a metal barrier around the trunk (like a collar)
of the tree the possum won't be able to climb it. That's what
they use in some Melbourne parks to keep them out.

freebird

"Old and Cranky" wrote in message
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I have a small mango tree with a rapidly reducing number of mangos. The
mangoes are not yey ripe, but already the possums have eaten about three
quarters of the crop. The amngoes are reddening on the top.

Can they be picked at this stage, and left to ripen inside?

TIA