On Aug 28, 10:05 pm, Jim Kingdon wrote:
yhe I want to do this. i have about a dozen plum trees (a 15ft tall
plant is NOT a bush!) and either i do this or let them rot, and I am
unhappy about wasting them like that.

You're almost ready to open your own mini-U-pick operation there.
You know, look for someone with a "will pick for plums" sign out :-).

heh, this fall i am cutting the trees in half. no pinmt in having
plums that are 15 feet off the ground.

hows that for agressive pruning?