On Mar 6, 6:55*am, cheapo wrote:
Hi folks.
I have a sort of clump of plums at the end of my garden that have never
been maintained in any way. And although there was an insanely
enthusiastic crop of little plums had from them in 2010, I really feel I
should reduce them if I can.
I've been in this place for 10yrs+, and although the neighbours have
never said anything, I feel that they might prefer a little more
daylight. And I actually have to use a ladder to gather the fruit,
despite the 4 to 5 inch thin trunks. It was pretty wobbly up there let
me tell you!

Can't post the image, so here's the link to photobucket.

http://tinyurl.com/4lhovkv

That is just one of the trees, and was after most of the fruit had been
picked. There was so much that the branches were breaking!! My garden is
only 11-ish feet wide, so 5 twenty plus feet high trees is a bit much.

Thanks in advance people!

--
cheapo

You know your height need to come down, just don't do it too fast or
cut too much....Maybe 3-5 years to get it to a trainable height...

this is some info on summer and dormant pruning that may help guide
you:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag29.html
http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/2002/3363.pdf