Harvest Perfectly Ripe Apricots - How to Know They're Ready to Pick

The secret to picking apricots is timing...there's a small window of time when apricots go from hard and tart to mushy and mealy. Watch this video to learn how to pick at exactly the right time for perfect, juicy, meaty homegrown apricots.

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[gerria]

How do you keep birds from eating them? One bite from each fruit!

[agpawpaw]

Bird net ain’t helping from squirrels, they chewing through and then birds finding this holes. Well, it still saves my berries

[MistressOP]

Depending on how mealy it is. It's worth grilling it and using it in a salad.

[agpawpaw]

I think our generation even doesn’t know what is real taste of ripe fruits from tree, only green plastic alike