This is not a troll post I swear.
My grandfather passed away a few years back. He had a bunch of land, maybe 4-5 hectares, I have no idea, spread arouns the village he lived in.
He used to make a lot of Țuică…like a lot. I have no idea how much but a lot.
There are at least 90 plum trees spread around the land. I stopped counting at 90 tbh. I think there's close to 150 total.
On average they produce about 5-7 tons of plums a year. I think.
I have no fucking idea what to do with that many plums.
I don't know, nor am I interested in learning, how to make țuică. I can't sell them because everybody and their mother has plums around here. I can't exacly leave them to drop on the ground either because I'll end up with a gorilliion baby trees.
I can cut them down I suppose, but even that will take some time. And I'm not sure I want to go that route either.
It will be a while until they fruit but I want to be ready.
Really, I'm looking for any ideas.
Preseve them? Give them away(that may work actually…if anybody even wants to take them)?
by AppointmentFar6096
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Pig food? Sounds like sweet sweet Christmas hams.
Or just tell people to come take all they want. Some cities have a map of local fruit trees and nut bearing trees that are available for harvest by locals. Would be perfect for such a situation.
I’m not sure I could eat 7 tons of plums but id almost certainly try.
if you don’t wanna eat them or make booze etc. Can they be composted? Build some kind of machine to destroy the pits.
Sell them online? There are those websites where consumers can buy directly from organic farms. I’ve bought avocados and olive oil that way before.
Prunes?
That plum brandy thing, it’s very common in Europe isn’t it. I tried some homemade plum spirit and it was horrible, but I think the old guys like it because it’s so cheap. I wonder if the tradition will die out as the younger generation comes through.
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Sell the land to someone who wants 7+ tons of plums?
Fruit trees are an investment and it would be a shame to let the fruits go to waste…
Fruit leather and/or plum pate de fruit, plum ice cream, plum popsicles, and plum syrup are a few ideas I don’t think I saw.
Eta: you sure you can’t find someone farther away who wants them? A store? A restaurant? Is there a school providing meals to students who might want a great deal on fruit? You never know! Maybe this year you just get it out there as an idea and let people put it in their mind for the future.
Look into some kind of you-pick where people come pick them, either free or sell by the lb. Compost them, feed them to poultry?