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Pruning my plums

novicemannoviceman Posts: 3
in Fruit & veg

I’m new to gardening. I have grown vegetables for some years, but I don’t know much about fruit trees.

I moved into my new home in September and at the bottom of the garden there is an old overgrown apple tree and an old overgrown plum tree. Both looked like they hadn’t been pruned for years.

The apple tree produced lots of apples although very high up and the plum tree produced very few plums, but again very high towards the top of the tree.

As you can see I’ve had ago of pruning the apple tree following advice on the Internet, but looking closer I don’t think I’ve done a great job of that and maybe it won’t produce any fruit this season.

I read that plum trees should be pruned somewhere between April and May, and as that is fast approaching, I’m looking for some advice on how to best prune the plum tree.

Any advice would be much appreciatedimage

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  • novicemannoviceman Posts: 3
    pansyface says:

    ONCE AGAIN, MY TRUSTY BOOK, “GROWING FRUIT” BY HARRY BAKER COMES UP WITH THE ANSWER.

    HERE IS A PAGE FROM IT FOR YOU TO PERUSE.

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    PLEASE NOTE THE TIME OF YEAR FOR PRUNING PLUM TREES -MUCH LATER THAN YOU THINK.

    FEEL FREE TO STAND ON YOUR HEAD WHILE READING IT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE PHOTO CAME OUT UPSIDE DOWN.image

    Last edited: 19 February 2018 16:11:11

    See original post

     thanks you - really useful. Does your book have anything of grafting for plum trees or in general. what is the book called.

  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872

    Just googled it on Amazon and you can buy it for as little as 1p plus postage.

    Hope this helps.

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    I SECOND PANSYFACE'S BOOK RECOMMENDATION.  WHEN WORKING AS A GARDENER I SOMETIMES PRUNED A NEW-TO-ME FRUIT TREE WITH THE BOOK OPEN AT THE RELEVANT PAGE, IN MY FREE HAND...  image

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • novicemannoviceman Posts: 3

    thanks all. i purchased the book mentioned and another about grafting ' 

    ill let you know how i get on

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