Do plums fruit on new wood

Plum production has its ups and downs. You will never harvest the same amount from year to year.

One summer you will harvest buckets and bowlfuls of the sweetest purple gems, the next year just a few sad, bitter, wrinkly little things.

That is life in the world of fruit production.

How to prune plum trees in summer

Just in case you are thinking of planting an orchard…

If you stop to think about it, many crops act this way, especially in the realm of perennial fruit trees.

So, when a bountiful plum harvest is yours for the picking, take advantage of it and preserve as much plum jam as you have jars and pantry space for.

Plums are known to produce a generous crop one year, then they take a year off of fruiting – or sometimes 2!

This is called alternate or biennial bearing, and there is nothing unnatural about it. Apples and pears often stick to this routine too.

Give yourself quite a few seasons of close observation and jot down your findings in a notebook, so that you too, can follow the rhythms of nature.

Pruning your plum tree step-by-step

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