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Plum tree help please.

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ness_w
ness_w Posts: 334 Forumite
I have a plum tree which has bent over double with the weight of the fruit. I am going to try to prop it up. Should I thin the fruit or should I prune it back after cropping? The tree is only about 4 years old and has grown quite tall hence the bending.

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  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    If it needs pruning, then in the summer is the time to do it. So you could do a combination of the two. Thin some now to save the branches being broken and then prune later, completing the thinning job.
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  • Tebheag
    Tebheag Posts: 382 Forumite
    Hi
    Would def recommend thining the fruit also prop up the branches to. We inhertited a plum tree with the house and it had loads of fruit I just left all on it and one by one my branches snapped took it two years to recover as last year had no fruit what so ever on it.
    Good Luck
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