Beginner Gardening: What's wrong with this fruit??, 5 by montanadolphin

montanadolphin wrote:
Diana, I found what it is doing the damage. I posted the "worms" in the spider and insect i.d. forum and someone suggested Plum Curculio weevil. Looked it up...and yep, that's what it is. Since every single fruit was infected, I pulled them all off the tree. While doing this, I actually got a picture of two of the little bugs adding MORE damage to two already damaged plums.

So, there are no more plums on the tree. I'm thinking I might just cut it down...There really weren't that many fruits to begin with...I don't know how old the tree is (we just bought this house and moved in on January 19th) and there's significant damage to the trunk. I'm not sure if it's worth trying to save.