small worms in the berries..

[Guest guest]

We are new to berries (only because we just found some in the wild

in the backyard). Anyone with experience about the fruit worms? They

are not many, but they are there. When we plucked the fruits, we

could not see them, and the fruit looks good, but when we clean it

in the kitchen, we see the small insects/worms?

I have always known apples, mangoes get worms easily if not used

with pesticides.(the worms like sugar!!!), so it may be worth paying

little extra for organic apples , i always thought.

But what about these wild berries. They are technically organic, and

most of them are in good shape, and we tried to get the ones in good

shape only.

If I freeze them,after cleaning them in water, I could probably kill

all living things around the berries, if any. But it would be good

to eat them fresh too, and try to make a jam(as i find a recipe).

How much of a concern is the worms, if i miss a few after the water

cleaning?

These worms are not parasites, are they?

Thanks for any input.

Regards

-Dan.

[Guest guest]

Dan,

Fill your sink with water and wash the berries several times through

that way. I have a double sink so I just pass them back and forth

between sink fulls of clean water until they are clean (same way you

wash spinach). If you freeze them in a single layer on a cookie

sheet they won't clump up and you will be able to use a few or a lot

at a time.

I wouldn't worry too much about the worms if the berries taste

good. There is a bug that makes berries awful tasting, you know the

taste?

HTH,

Sal

[Guest guest]

I thought the bugs were the point of .

I'm sure they are much worse for your mind than your body.

[Guest guest]

Yeah, when I pick and eat berries I just try not to look too closely!

What I don't know won't hurt me...

Here we almost always have critters in the mulberries but they seem to

leave the raspberries alone, or for the Japanese beetles to mess up!

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> I thought the bugs were the point of .

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> I'm sure they are much worse for your mind than your body.

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[Guest guest]

Used to go mushroom picking with my cousin. He noticed me picking all

the little worms out of the mushrooms and tossing some that I thought

were really bad. He pointed out to me that the bugs were eating the

same thing I was so how could that be bad. <G>

Now, like you, I try not to look to closely.

Belinda

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> > I thought the bugs were the point of .

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> > I'm sure they are much worse for your mind than your body.

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[Guest guest]

My answer is:

Do not fiddle around with the Berries this year if berries have worms;

Trim the Berry Branches to even them out; put some mulch around their

roots and runners and fertilize lightly in the spring or fall

and here is the tip:

buy some Orangic worm " medicine (safe for berries) and spary the

plants in the spring; this will control the worms or parasites;

THERE ARE NATURAL MEHTODS OF CONTROLLING worms in berries; will send;a

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> We are new to berries (only because we just found some in the wild

> in the backyard). Anyone with experience about the fruit worms?

They

> are not many, but they are there. When we plucked the fruits, we

> could not see them, and the fruit looks good, but when we clean it

> in the kitchen, we see the small insects/worms?

>

> I have always known apples, mangoes get worms easily if not used

> with pesticides.(the worms like sugar!!!), so it may be worth

paying

> little extra for organic apples , i always thought.

>

> But what about these wild berries. They are technically organic,

and

> most of them are in good shape, and we tried to get the ones in

good

> shape only.

>

> If I freeze them,after cleaning them in water, I could probably

kill

> all living things around the berries, if any. But it would be good

> to eat them fresh too, and try to make a jam(as i find a recipe).

> How much of a concern is the worms, if i miss a few after the water

> cleaning?

>

> These worms are not parasites, are they?

>

> Thanks for any input.

>

> Regards

> -Dan.

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