Hello,

I have very limited gardening experience.....

We moved into this property which had a large, well tended garden, by a retired couple.

It had this lovely Plumb Tree which produced a huge harvest each year. However, I had not pruned it for 3 years and branches had grown too large and the plumbs were threatening to bring them down.

I decided to prune it back last Autumn, however, I think I may have been too harsh. Now it has many of sprouts from the branches and, not surprisingly, has produced little fruit. I am told that it has been "shocked" and is furiously growing branches. I am now afraid to take off the sprouting shoots in case it makes the situation worse!

Question is, how do I bring this under control to a manageable sized tree that will produce fruit once again?

Many thanks!

Darren.