Kitchen Garden Forum

I will need to prune my two plum trees which are grown as fans against the garden walls.
When is "summer" as in "summer pruning"?

I think you will be safe to prune now while the trees are in active growth. I think the idea is that the tree will have time to callous over any wounds and so prevent virus spores from entering, especially those of silver leaf disease.

Thanks.

Bob Flowerdew's article on summer pruning in KG magazine is very useful.