wasps & plums ?

Hi, can anyone please tell me if there is anything that i can use spray wise on my plum tree to stop the wasps eating all the plums .
Its the 1st year there have been any fruit on the tree.:cnfs:

Thanks Su .

 

Thanks so much for your reply ,:gnthb: as you may have gathered i am a bit dim when it comes to fruit trees :wink:, i am now going to pick the plums. :yez:
Su .:thmb:

 

Su, just because you didn`t realise they were ripe doesn`t make you dim.:gnthb:

 

Wasps are always attracted to ripe fruit.
You can net them to keep the wasps off (might be difficult with a plum tree) or just pick your share and let the wasps have the rest.
I think that's the choices.
Only other choice is pick the fruit under ripe and freeze for cooking or ripen indoors - but the wasps might even find it there !

 

I had to have a battle with the wasps on my plum tree.
I noticed that after a heavy shower there were fewer wasps to be seen on the tree, so I got the watering hose out, gave the tree a good drenching and then put my rubber gloves on and picked all the plums that I could before the wasps realised that I was there.

I had offered the wasps alternative suger supply but they were only interested in the plums.

Me and the wasps do not get on and I now have to carry an epi-pen !!!