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jelly crystals in plums

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cecil39 | 14:20 Sat 06th Aug 2011 | Gardening
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we have some lovely looking large blue plums that are just coming ripe, trouble is they have a lot of horrid stuff around the bottom of the stone that looks like clear or brownish jelly crystals, the rest of the plum is ok but this stuff puts us off eating them, what is it and can we prevent it happening again next year? advise please.
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It may just be a natural wax which wipes off - see wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum
14:38 Sat 06th Aug 2011
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It's just waxy crystals - cut off that part, and eat the rest.
14:39 Sat 06th Aug 2011
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You probably need some lime in the soil. Do it in spring but no manure. The plums are OK to
12:09 Mon 08th Aug 2011

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