Plums are one of the most delicious fruits you can grow in your garden, but they can be infested pretty easily.
Pests can attack the same tree every year, and it's not always easy to get rid of them.
Let's find out why your plums might have worms inside and what you can do with it.
Worm eggs are hard to notice
A plum tree can produce fruits with worms inside every year because sometimes, insects like worms lay their eggs on the plum tree's leaves or fruit.
When the eggs hatch, the baby worms can enter the fruit and eat it from the inside. This can happen even if the tree looks healthy and strong.
Not enough protection
The tree might not be able to protect all its fruits from these sneaky worms, so some of them end up with worms inside.
It's a bit like how sometimes you might find a surprise in your fruit even though it looked fine from the outside.
Use insecticides
To prevent this, some people use methods like insecticides or traps to keep the worms away from the plum tree.
Others might carefully inspect the fruit before eating it to make sure there are no worms inside.
Conclusion
It's not always easy to notice pests or their eggs, so inspect every fruit carefully before eating it.
If you think that one tre is infested annually and insecticides don't work, then it's usually time to get rid of the tree.
