Prune in June..

[bills]

As the saying goes, least for for plum trees..

Seems an odd time to prune a tree. You think it would be hard on it considering the sap is flowing. I spent the last several days pruning my other fruit trees, and sure am tempted to do the plum trees, they look like they're begging for it....

Anybody ever prune them in the winter, rather than the spring? What where the results??

 

[Ridgerunner]

I will remove a damaged limb at any time of the year, not just at the supposedly "best" time of year. I did remove a damaged limb from a plum tree last winter and the sky did not fall. Nor did I get silver leaf disease, which is why it is recommended to prune plums in June, not during the winter. I have not studied the life cycle of silver leaf disease in detail, but evidently it enters wounds in plum trees in the late winter or early spring. I don't know the prevalence of silver leaf disease in your area, but I do plan to wait and prune my two plum trees in June, not this January when I prune my other fruit trees.