Plumming the prunes

Post by Mo » 01 Jul 2013, 12:32

Its time to thin the fruit and prune the plum trees again.
I started, but then the forecast for 'scattered showers' come true so I've come in for lunch with the laners.
Seems quite a managable crop this year. Not bare branches like last year, but not bunches of grapes that will take forever to thin or break the branches if I don't. Not vast crop of greengages, but I'm amazed we still have that tree, it has been dieing for 20 years.

Post by **wendy** » 01 Jul 2013, 13:33

You are so good Mo. I never thin out our two plum trees.

Post by Mo » 01 Jul 2013, 16:36

The books say that small Victoria plums have much less flavour than big ones and we've found that - just imagine one the size of an egg, warm, ripe and tasty.
I've done the lower branches on 2 of our 4 trees. More than half filled a gallon tub with little plums. and a wheelbarrow with dead and crossing branches, then ran out of puff.
Got to save some energy for tonight's dancing.

Post by **wendy** » 01 Jul 2013, 17:02

Ah thinning the plum tree or Dancing...no completion. Go for the dancing. Enjoy your evening.