On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 Christina Websell wrote:

I want to prune a couple of plum trees which have got a bit tangled.
I have read that the best time to do this is June because of the risk of
silver leaf infection.

However I'm keen to do it now. Is there something I could paint on the
cuts/wounds to compensate for non-ideal time of year?

If you get a good reply from this I'd be interested,
I'm terrified to prune my plum trees - they so hate it, and like yours they
are getting a bit tangled.

Well, that's what I've actually been doing today. Admittedly one of
them, a greengage, is a bit sick. Not silver leaf but the trunk is a bit
rotten. I'll let you know in a year's time whether it was successful!

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
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