On 12 July, 12:14, Another John wrote:
Howdy

A few days ago I posted a question about what to do about our 3-year old
plum tree. No replies that I've seen, so maybe there's no comment to be
made ... but on the off-chance...

Plum tree is 3 years old. *About 4 plums last year. *NO plums this year
-- but a huge amount of bushy growth in all directions.

Question: should I be pruning it furiously right now, while the bushy
growth is rampant?

[I can't remember what variety it is, but I'd guess that it's a
Victoria, since we're not fruit growers as such, and we'd just have gone
for the bog-standard favourite.]

Cheers
John

Same problem with my plums, damsons, apricots and apples.
Pears, walnuts OK.
Massive crop of peaches and cherries,
All due to a cold spell we had in the Spring I think.
The other thing is bienniallism. A lot of plums & damsons, you get a
heavy crop on alternate years and very little the other years. Dunno
why.