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Post by mzgarden on Aug 1, 2020 12:42:28 GMT
So, between the bugs, the drought, and the deer, we're losing our peaches before they're ripe. They have turned yellow and many of them have a nice pink blush, but hard as rocks. The bugs are boring into them and so many are rotting. The deer jumped the fence and ate what they could reach, now the drought has turned into days and days of soggy humid rain. We went out this morning with ladders and filled a wagon with greenish, yellowish, blushed peaches that showed no sign of insect holes.
We're hoping we can ripen them in the house. Our plan is to put up folding tables with brown paper on them. Wash the peaches, dry them and set them 'upside down' on their shoulders, not touching. We'll probably check them over every day for signs of decay.
What do you think -- is there a better way?
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Post by susannah on Aug 1, 2020 14:08:35 GMT
First of all, I'm envious that you can grow peaches. My grandfather did, but that was in the southern part of the state. Oh my gosh, they were yummy. We're just to cold of a climate up here to even try, I'm afraid.
Can you ripen them in paper bags? I do this with tomatoes; it could probably be done with peaches (same principle behind it, right? Trapping the gases?). Of course, the fact that you have them on brown paper - upside down - is probably similar. I wish you good luck with the indoor finishing - and lots of ripe, juicy peaches!
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Post by mzgarden on Aug 1, 2020 16:56:55 GMT
susannah, thanks. I thought the same -- treat them like repening green tomatoes. There's a whole wagon full of these, so I don't think I have enough paper bags. I think I'll maybe lay a 2nd piece of brown paper from the roll over the top of them - maybe that'll help.
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jenn
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Post by jenn on May 13, 2021 2:33:39 GMT
mzgarden, what worked? Anything? Same problem here this year (bar the deer- it's the squirrels and they just nibble)- and worse, DH keeps eating that nearly ripe peach I planned to try tomorrow...
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Post by mzgarden on May 13, 2021 5:26:24 GMT
jenn, unfortunately we were not able to successfully ripen them. We ended up composting the lot of them, which was sad.
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Post by mogal on May 13, 2021 21:42:11 GMT
What a shame, mzgarden!
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