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Post by chrism on Dec 4, 2021 20:54:57 GMT
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Post by SueA on Dec 5, 2021 9:31:31 GMT
I've never grown plums chrism but there's some good advice on the RHS pages explaining how to grow them as upright cordons. Here's a link to it:- Cordon plum pruning |
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Post by chrism on Dec 5, 2021 14:25:21 GMT
I've never grown plums chrism but there's some good advice on the RHS pages explaining how to grow them as upright cordons. Here's a link to it:- Cordon plum pruningMany thanks, SueA.
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Post by Cherry on Dec 7, 2021 10:04:21 GMT
I prune the plum trees at my son’s farm and don’t prune in the winter as they are drupes. I pruned them when the fruit was picked, in the late summer.
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Post by daitheplant on Dec 7, 2021 21:16:17 GMT
I've got a plum tree that was planted in July '20, and looked like this in June this year. For access to fruit reasons, I favour a columnar style. Does anyone have any guidance, as I'm completely new to this. Thanks. (Please ignore the rhubarb. I'm still trying to master editing photos on the forum...  )   
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Post by chrism on Dec 9, 2021 7:56:27 GMT
I prune the plum trees at my son’s farm and don’t prune in the winter as they are drupes. I pruned them when the fruit was picked, in the late summer. Ah. Thanks. Do you think from the height of my tree, that it would be ok to leave pruning it until late summer? Ta.
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Post by Cherry on Dec 13, 2021 16:27:38 GMT
chrism the reason for summer pruning is that the tree can get silver leaf disease with the onset of damp weather. On the other hand, as some of my work was renovation, I had to cut the top of a plum which had fallen down. It was in a wild area so I was not too concerned, but the tree is fine. The early plums suffered from lack of pollination because of a cold, windy spell. The Victoria plums were good, but not the sort I use for jam.
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Post by chrism on Jul 6, 2022 14:17:30 GMT
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