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Hi

I know plums don't keep for very long once picked, but what is the best way to store them?

One layer on newspaper on a flat surface?

Cheers

Same question - I've just been given a load of plums and thought I'd make some jam but can't find an empty jar - could I freeze them (as they're already quite soft) until I get some jars?

i bought some jars from Lakeland Limited and used about 6lb of plums and that filled 12 8oz jars

I'm also off to make the filling for plum crumble tonight

Not sure if freezing before making jam works? I suppose you could cook them down in a little water and freeze, then defrost and make your jam...

Probably too late now - only just logged in but...
I've had huge numbers of plums to deal with, and unfortunately have ended up throwing a lot away as they began to rot. However, I have made a batch of jam from them, I've stewed a load down and frozen them in bags, for later use probably in crumbles and have also frozen some simply stoned and halved in tuppers, and covered over with sugar syrup.
There's food for thought for any of you still with plums to deal with.

No difference at all in jam making using frozen or fresh plums. Damsons we boil down and then push through a coarse sieve to remove the stones, then freeze the puree for later use, when we have a few more empty jam jars.