Plumb Tree Desecration!

Must be one of those rare plumb bob trees... be alert to plumber's crack.

Depending how you pruned the "plumbs" (aka plums). You needed to prune the OLD wood, not the new. If you really want action out of this "plumb" tree in future, look up correct pruning technique on the Web, and learn to recognize what should come and out what shouldn't. Even better: Spring for a professional to come in and rectify the situation, and have him/her teach you proper technique in the process. Would be $ well spent.

HB

Great, thanks for the advice.

You see I've had so little to do with this fruit, up until now, I even get the spelling wrong!!

Any more tips on plum tree care greatly appreciated.

Darren.

Bob F;920860 Wrote:

Now that everyhone has had a good laugh, you need to tell us where the tree is. That is, what is your climate, which determines when you should prune the tree.

For pruning stone fruit trees knowing the climate is really not necessary, that they grow there tells the climate, obviously. Pruning is best accomplished according to season and growing habit. "always prune plum trees when they are growing strongly, mid-June is a good time."

Fruiting stone fruits are pruned while dormant. In my climate, that is in January. Then, I can most easily tell which is new fruiting wood snd thin it without removing all of it. Where winters produce snow and freezes, pruning should be done just before buds open. Then, you can remove wood that failed to survived the winter in addition to thinning new fruiting wood.

Many varieties of plum do not really require significant pruning. They only require corrective pruning: removing dead, broken, or crossing branches.

Changing the subject always makes one look intelligent.