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Victoria Plum Trees
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I have a number of Victoria Plum trees in my garden that are very tall the first branches start at around ten feet and are very long so it is impossible to reach the fruit. How severe a prune can give them? and when is the best time? |
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Victoria Plum Trees
David Ellis wrote:
Hi I have a number of Victoria Plum trees in my garden that are very tall the first branches start at around ten feet and are very long so it is impossible to reach the fruit. How severe a prune can give them? and when is the best time? You could take off one third without a problem, perhaps more. Prune when they are dormant, in spring just before budding is good. If the fungus is prevalent in your area you should spray for peach leaf curl at that time with one of the copper-based fungicidal sprays. The question is why are they so tall and leggy, are they in full sun? If they are reaching for the sun this will be a recurrent problem and they will not crop well. David |
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It was not just overgrown it was thick with young trees which we cleared leaving the fruit trees. So I guess they were reaching for sunlight. |
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