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Victoria Plum pruning advice

IgrowfromseedIgrowfromseed Posts: 284
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Bare rooted Victoria plum planted Nov 2022 in 50L pot. Plan is to plant out in open ground in 2024 after building work on house finished. It was a feathered maiden and has now branched out from the main stem. Any advice on getting it into a compact shape. Aim is to keep it 8-10 foot high. I’ve had difficulty with pruning plums in the past: when and how?

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  • Jess91Jess91 Posts: 159
    pansyface said:
    Every plum or damson or greengage that I have ever bought has come with a label promising “ultimate height 10-12 feet”…

    It’s all lies. 😊

    Your little tree looks lovely just as it is. I wouldn’t prune it this year. I’d wait until next summer when it’s in its final place. That way you get a better idea of the branches and which way they are going to point.



    Do you mean they are bigger, or smaller? 
    Slowly building a wildlife garden, in a new build in East Yorkshire.
  • Jess91Jess91 Posts: 159
    Oh heck, I've just had one delivered yesterday. Victoria plum on pixy rootstock, claims to be approx 2.5 metres.
    Slowly building a wildlife garden, in a new build in East Yorkshire.
  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    @Jess91 I have a Victoria plum on pixy that's now 5 years old but hasn't reached 2.5 metres tall as yet. That being said, I have pruned it the last couple of years and I dread to think what size it would be now if I'd just left it 😬 The amount of new growth each year is insane. 
  • Jess91Jess91 Posts: 159
    @februarysgirl yes I've seen yours, you posted them on my 'show me your dwarf fruit trees' thread. It was on your recommendation that I ordered this one from Ornamental trees, I'm really pleased with it size wise so thank you again for that! It's a little droopy at the moment but it seems to have taken it 4 days to arrive via courier so hopefully it will perk up in the next few days. It was rather dry.

    Hmm, hopefully I can keep it to size with pruning then. If not so be it I guess, more plums for me!
    Slowly building a wildlife garden, in a new build in East Yorkshire.
  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 835
    Ah yes, I remember now! Glad you're happy with the tree 😁 It definitely sounds like it needs a long dunking although mine has always been a bit on the droopy side compared to the other plum and green gage. Still trying to prune it out! I don't do anything fancy, I just prune it back to the second leaf node of the new growth and take out anything growing inwards. 
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