Japanese plums bear fruit primarily on lateral branches or spurs that are two years.

Sep 21, Prune Florida peach trees each summer to remove suckers and water sprouts. Choose two or three branches growing from the main lateral scaffold branches to form secondary lateral branches.

Another approach requires pruning all branches to about twelve inches from the trunk, with subsequent dense growth naturally forcing some exterior branches to grow laterally.

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