bencelest

Deb:
I did not see your post before I answered Pauly but I think I answered both of your questions.
And thanks to both of you for your interest. You make my day to be pleasant.

here's my answer:

This is the first year they fruited. I grafted them 2 years ago, the first year, they did not fruit but grew branches you can not believe. This Spring, they have a lot of flowers and this is what happened. I have many many varieties of European plums that I grafted on the canopy of a matured Santa Rosa plum. They took over the canopy. I had to use a ladder to graft them. I just let them be. I just cut other branches that interfere with the ones that were being crossed- branched. I don't prop the branches except those ones closer to the ground such as my Prince Ranier cherry and my green gage plum.
I learned my lesson last year when a big portion of my prince ranier give way because of the heavy fruit and almost half of my fuji apple tree broke for the same reason. But I got to harvest the fruit just the same. I just let them dangle until the fruit ripened. Then I cut the branch off.

__________________
Banana Nut