Sand Plums

[Okie4570]

Picked a few pounds right before dark tonight, clouded over, wind picked up and was really nice out. Kids picked a few that weren't quite ready yet, still get an A for effort though.......still will make great jelly, just takes more sugar! Lot's of completely green plums still. One bush had mostly green plums, but one side had plums so ripe, that when you picked one and shook the limb, about 5 more fell???? Kids were great at picking those up

 

[dennishoddy]

I can't believe you got that many. My bushes are still green except for one that was ripe and got eaten today. Why it was that far ahead of the others I don't know.

Now that I'm thinking about it, the grand kids were out today and saw a deer in that area. Maybe they are cleaning them up before we can?

 

[Okie4570]

I can't believe you got that many. My bushes are still green except for one that was ripe and got eaten today. Why it was that far ahead of the others I don't know.

Now that I'm thinking about it, the grand kids were out today and saw a deer in that area. Maybe they are cleaning them up before we can?

Now that you mention it, there was one small plum bush away from the others, loaded with green except at about shoulder high, there were quite a ripe ones, none lower. Maybe they are picking them off.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Some of the bushes in my area are a lot further along. I kinda think in my area some of the early ones missed the late frost. The ones later are in bottoms or further north where it seemed to get caught by the late freeze.

 

[Brandi]

WTFrick..I was born in Oklahoma and have never heard of sand plums. Is it a central OK thing? Persimmons, yes, but not wild plums. We have a few mulberry trees, we live in the land of purple birdie poop. They are tasty if you can find them before the bugs.

Does anyone have a line on a place in the north OKC area that might be worth looking for these plums or are they mostly on private land?

 

[BadgeBunny]

WTFrick..I was born in Oklahoma and have never heard of sand plums. Is it a central OK thing? Persimmons, yes, but not wild plums. We have a few mulberry trees, we live in the land of purple birdie poop. They are tasty if you can find them before the bugs.

Does anyone have a line on a place in the north OKC area that might be worth looking for these plums or are they mostly on private land?

WOW! That's a pretty good haul, Okie!!

Brandi, we have a mulberry tree that hangs over the fence from the neighbor's back yard over the rabbit pens and drops berries into the chicken pen. My chickens are so sick of muberries they won't even peck at them anymore. lol

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I despise all the danged mulberry trees. Purple bird shiit everywhere. Purple stains from the smashed berries. Really people don't you realize your neighbors hate your mulberry tree.

 

[BadgeBunny]

I despise all the danged mulberry trees. Purple bird shiit everywhere. Purple stains from the smashed berries. Really people don't you realize your neighbors hate your mulberry tree.

This ... But it's good shade for the bunnies ... So ... I have a conundrum ...

 

[AllOut]

Hey do deer eat sand plums???
We looked at a property yesterday we might lease and it had a couple big same plum thickets that are loaded right now. I know they won't be around by the time season hits but if we get it and deer eat those things then I might stick a trail cam on those thickets.

 

[Okie4570]

I despise all the danged mulberry trees. Purple bird shiit everywhere. Purple stains from the smashed berries. Really people don't you realize your neighbors hate your mulberry tree.

Buy a purple truck?