Jeff wrote:
Robert wrote:

Plums (stone fruit)..late spring or summer to minimise getting
silver leaf or canker


I'll second that.
Everything I've read says late spring when the leaves are just coming
out. That's what we've done with our Victoria plum for the last 6
years and so far, so good.


Key is to prune when the sap is flowing strongly to flush the wound clear of
infection


pk