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Shape the tree and remove dead and diseased branches. Also break off any suckers that grow from the roots or trunk of the tree. In early March apply 1 cup of fertilizer for each year of tree age, up to a maximum of 12 stumpfelling.clubg: Metairie LA.
Damson Plum Tree Care. Damson plums grow best when trained to a modified central leader system. This system includes a main trunk with several well-spaced lateral branches.
Prune your Damson plum during the dormant stage in late winter or early spring. Shape the tree Missing: Metairie LA. Apr 13, Perform Maintenance Pruning on Older Plum Trees. From that point on, pruning is more subjective. Once the plum tree reaches the height you want it to stay at, head the leader back (so that it can't exceed that height) and do not allow a new leader to form. Prune in summer as needed to keep the canopy from getting stumpfelling.clubg: Metairie LA.
Damson plums grow best when trained to a modified central leader system. This system includes a main trunk with several well-spaced lateral branches. Prune your Damson plum during the dormant stage Missing: Metairie LA.