Britain's best known plum and undoubtedly the nation's favourite.

Remove any growth crowding the centre of the tree to allow better air circulation and more light. On established trees, thin any congested fruit spurs. Start with those on the underside of branches as this fruit will struggle to ripen. Shorten others, leaving just the strongest so there’s plenty of space for developing fruit.

It will also taste much better than supermarket produce!

First year pruning is very easy, simply prune back the stem to about 1m / 3ft high in early to late March (see below for why at this time of year). If you are intending to grow your plum tree as a half-standard bush then prune to m / 4ft or m / 5ft for a full standard. Jan 04, Pruning for Potted Fruit Trees.

Pruning fruit trees is a very important element of maintenance, whether the trees grow in the orchard or in containers on the porch or patio.

Trimming helps keep the tree the size and shape you want it to be and maintains the tree’s health. Potted fruit tree pruning, like pruning field fruit trees, can also have a beneficial effect on fruit production. PRUNING DWARF PLUM, CHERRY APPLE PATIO FRUIT TREES This can often be made a quite complicated and convoluted subject; undoubtedly some pruning will be essential to your trees but as long as some basics are observed then it will provide you with good results. Fulfilled and sold by Thompson & Morgan.

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