About a month ago i had a dozen or so new PC hits on my Lavina …little late on spraying. So i broke out a hobby knife thing (razor sharp) and cut them out as good as i could. Kind of been watching to see how they would do. They don’t look half bad. No rot or anything (although its been dry lately). I’ll report back when they/if they ripen properly. I think others have done this?
A month or so later (today)
Yes, I have done that. I always cut straight across the fruit but I think your cutting-out method is better, it looks like it heals better than mine - I end up with a pretty big part of the fruit bad. I did get to taste some fruits I would have otherwise not been able to that way so for that it is a good thing.
I haven’t cut any out but I have seen plums were other things than PC take chunks out and they heal somewhat like yours. When you only have a few they are pretty good.
I’ve done that with apples for CM stings
Without some curative insecticide, cutting out hits is about the only option if you get them early enough. I may have went too deep, but they do heal enough to at least get a chance to try a fruit. Lavina is a little odd because they were ahead of everything else in my yard.
I usually let PC hit apples go. It seems like the apple will crush the egg most times…not sure i’ve ever found a pc larvae in a pear…maybe one that has fallen off the tree.
Nice. It never would have occurred to me to do that. Looks good.
