PRUNING plum trees is essential to maintain a fruitful crop each year and timing it right is the key to keeping a steady harvest - but as the harvest season comes to an end, when should you be ...

PRUNING plum trees in summer rather than winter helps to keep them disease-free and sets them up to produce another great crop next year. By Deborah Stone 18:52, Tue, Aug 5, 2014 ...

Question: It’s October and the peach and plum trees have started to bloom. Should we do needed pruning now or wait until the normal time during winter? Answer: October flowering could mean an… ...

Plum trees are relatively low maintenance as far as fruit trees go, but pruning is vital for their health. Here's when and how to prune your plum trees.

Q: When is the best time to prune a 20-year-old plum tree?I get conflicting information. Early spring or between November and February? This tree has not produced fruit for many years. Does it ...

General tips. Most deciduous trees are best pruned when dormant, in late autumn or winter. Don't prune in early spring, as many trees bleed sap if cut at this time of year.

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Use dried prunes in sweet or savoury liquid dishes such as cock-a-leekie, tagines, stews and compôtes. Slow-cook them with rabbit, chicken, lamb, beef, hare, pork or eel.

Overgrown plum trees can be rejuvenated in stages over several years. Lop one or two branches a year, making sure that the cuts are not in the crown of the tree. Lots of new growth will appear.

In this step-by-step guide, I’ll take you through a simple, plant-positive approach to pruning that should leave your trees in great shape. - Lopper. A two-handled cutting tool, designed ...

There is something about gigantic stuffed turkeys, Christmas puddings and endless mince pies that makes the humble prune seem suddenly very attractive. Stay up to date with notifications from The ...