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How would YOU prune this pluot and plumcot?

smoothlarryhughes_uC-_fqesmoothlarryhughes_uC-_fqe Posts: 2
edited May 2023 in Problem solving
Hi - I'm new to the forum in the United States, Pennsylvania.  I recently purchased a Dapple Dandy Pluot and a Spring Satin Plumcot (both pictured) and potted them into 20 gallon grow bags so I can keep them in my raised bed garden for now and then later move them if I need to.  I think they look great in my raised bed garden and gives it some dimension. 

I was wondering if you would prune these to an open center, a modified central leader, or possibly some forum of espalier?  Suggestions would be great, as I'm new to all of this. 
 
Pluot (I almost feel like this one lends itself to a modified central leader or some king of espalier fan...can Pluots be formally espaliered with horizonal branches like an apple?)



Plumcot (almost seems like an open center may fit this one) 

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited May 2023
    Which side of the Atlantic are you?  And what climate zone?  Not that we won't try to help, but it might not be apt.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • smoothlarryhughes_uC-_fqesmoothlarryhughes_uC-_fqe Posts: 2
    I am in the United States in Pennsylvania.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    My only potentially useful contribution - I grow plums here in Ireland but not apricots, nor the crosses between the two - is that plums and apricots, and presumably therefore plumcots & pluots, should only be pruned in the summer, because winter pruning makes them susceptible to disease.  I'm guessing that recommendation also applies in the US.

    Can you find a local gardening group which might help you with your specific query?  This forum is UK based, with most expertise applying to conditions in Britain and Europe, though we do have a few contributors from further afield.
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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