Timeline for Discolored blackberries, any solutions to fix this?
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| Jul 28, 2016 at 13:55 | vote | accept | insectsgoaway | ||
| Jul 25, 2016 at 19:55 | comment | added | insectsgoaway | thank you, I will read that link again thoroughly yes. haha, the worms are very offputting for me, I'm not fussy with food but things like dirty food or worms puts me off totally. I will inspect the healthier ones, what surprised me is this one looked almost totally healthy except some very small healed damage on top which I expect is where the insect entered the fruit. I saw this one today when I'd taken a bite of the berry! luckily it was still whole! lol. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 19:44 | comment | added | Bamboo | Not raw, no, but you wouldn't notice them once cooked! Sometimes dropping the berries into a bowl of water for a while encourages any worms inside to exit... but you'd better carry out treatment recommended in the link to prevent the same trouble next year. I've eaten those worms before, not intentionally,but when blackberry picking in the wild.... | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 19:41 | comment | added | insectsgoaway | thank you, I hope there are some then that do ripen normally without worms. I will be sure to inspect them as I'm definitely not keen on eating worms. | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 19:29 | comment | added | Bamboo | Ah, there you go then. You can, though, assume the ones that ripen normally without dry bits to be worm free - that or cook them all first in a crumble or something! | |
| Jul 25, 2016 at 18:33 | comment | added | insectsgoaway | I'm so annoyed right now. I just found a little white worm inside one of the blackberries. I saw some damage on top of this particular blackberry but thought it was just slightly misformed or something like that. Damn! i.imgur.com/DQvPSgE.gif more or less has put me off trying to eat any of the others. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 21:04 | comment | added | insectsgoaway | haha yes, it has been a surprise. thank you. at least I could use those unsightly ones for jam or wine or something. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 15:03 | comment | added | Bamboo | Well that's about right 'periods of overcast weather', probably an understatement, then followed by sudden, very hot sun... shocked me, never mind your fruit! Shame though, hopefully you'll get some useable fruits. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 13:49 | comment | added | insectsgoaway | Im in Hampshire - we've had had some very sunny and humid/hot days here recently yeah. I heard that "white drupelets are caused by strong sun after periods of overcast weather", so this could be a possibility. ok, thank you for the info about withering. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 13:42 | comment | added | Bamboo | Which part of the UK are you in? In London, we've had temps of 37degC during the last week, so if you're somewhere like that, sunscald is possible... blackberry fruits may also 'wither on the vine' so to speak if there's water shortage... | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 12:50 | comment | added | insectsgoaway | thank you very much for the information. just to say, those in the picture that are completely 100% tan/green are just those which haven't ripened yet. I have just cut open three from different areas which were badly affected, and I see no signs of worms/grubs or anything, aside from the discoloring I see nothing inside to indicate insects or an infestation. Though the mites specifically are microscopic so that would be very hard to see signs of. but the damage pictured on that link does not resemble the damage on my blackberries. pictures I've no seen of sunscald does look very close though. | |
| Jul 24, 2016 at 12:08 | history | answered | Bamboo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
