flowering plum tree pruning

[rich27farm]

I need help with this flowering plum tree please. Last year it grow new shoots from below ground. I got mixed advice on how to prune it safely and correctly. This Spring it is already sending new shoots up again. Please tell me how to prune these. Also, can I cut these and propagate a new tree from the cuttings? Thank you all for any help. 

Rich

 

[openspaceman]

It looks like it is grafted  and the rootstock is sending up shoots.

 

They will need to be removed but not until mid summer to lessen risk of silverleaf.

[Stubby]

6 hours ago, rich27farm said:

I need help with this flowering plum tree please. Last year it grow new shoots from below ground. I got mixed advice on how to prune it safely and correctly. This Spring it is already sending new shoots up again. Please tell me how to prune these. Also, can I cut these and propagate a new tree from the cuttings? Thank you all for any help. 

Rich

 

Most likely cherry root stock if its a graft . 

[nepia]

I agree. 

I also think the tree has been planted a little deeper than it was in its pot; at least the mulch has been piled up a bit.  Remove the mulch from the stem of the tree.

If I'm right the deep planting will encourage the graft union to send up rootstock shoots.  Cut or pull them off as close to the graft as you can; I'm told that pulling them off when they're small actually reduces the chance of their re-growing.

Whatever you don't want them; they're much more vigorous than the tree's growth and, if left, would eventually take the whole thing over

[sime42]

Yes, I've heard that advice about removing rootstock/shoots as well. Better to pull them off rather than cutting.

 

 

[rich27farm]

Thank you all for your help and advice. I appreciate all !