How to prune plum trees - and how not to prune plum trees

A video on pruning plum trees - Dan Neuteboom shows us two mature plum trees, one of which has been pruned badly, while the other has been pruned well. One will produce little fruit, the other will set a good crop. The first tree was pruned with a chain saw, removing large branches, creating large wounds, leaving branches that are at the wrong angles, without consideration of the overall structure. The tree will react by throwing out a lot of new wood which will produce shade and stop light reaching the centre. The second tree shows a good structure, with a strong central leader, large horizontal branches well furnished with two and three-year-old shoots which are the best for fruiting. A tree that has a lot of two to three-year-old wood well positioned to receive light is a tree that will crop well. This tree will produce masses of flowers, bees will pollinate it, cross-pollination is ensured by the other plum tree, and all being well, there will be a good crop. Further information about pruning fruit trees on the RealEnglishFruit website:
realenglishfruit.co.uk/fruit-...

[@aamershahzad349]

Short, precise, to the point, and very easy to remember understand. Hats off

[@billysingh]

Old is gold. Hence proved by this Gentleman 👍

[@ivetalambert2371]

Thankyou very much! Easy explained and short. Just what most of people need these days!

[@donmcleod8307]

Thanks Dan.
It was a shock to see the butchery done to the first tree.
It was a pleasure to see the second one. And, it was a pleasure to hear you talk both compassionately and respectfully about the trees

[@vittoriorabagliati8532]

classy british style, thanks a lot

[@SusanA1056]

Thank you so much. I learned a lot from you today. Wonderful video.

[@Llifo]

Clear, concise informative, many thanks.

[@ahiparagmailcom]

Short, concentrated information. Thank you

[@kitbamk2286]

Thank you! We got an allotment this year and inherited a plum tree in bad shape. I was going to just hack it back but I’m glad I’ve seen your video first.

[@claytonskids6764]

Very helpful, thank you 🤗

[@christineclayton7420]

I'm a Clayton too. It was very informative

[@garyknight8616]

Brilliant.

[@louisfroment1879]

Thanks you great advice

[@j109joell]

very good.

[@christineclayton7420]

Very well demonstrated, a pity that the sound was so bad that I couldn't hear

[@neurodivergejyn4140]

Hi! Could you kindly tell me how one would reshape an older very tall neglected plum tree? The middle is quite open and the plums at the top are easily 20 ft high. We would like it a lot shorter.

[@garyknight8616]

I'm no expert so I tend to look on the RHS website. If the tree is currently completely out of control you may need to be quite brutal this year and accept a poorer harvest next year but following what the gentleman said in this video you can get your tree back to a healthy shape and size. Good luck.

[@ashishkapoor330]

What rootstock and variety is this?

[@TheMetroidMusicChannel]

I thought plum fruits grow on 1st year wood.

[@wielkopolaninn]

Po murzyńsku i nic nie zrozumiałem :|

[@MyVisualRomance]

Hopefully the Germans won’t bomb it.