My crazy boi.
Y’all are gonna get sick of me by the end of the summer, but I have the wildest growth on my biggest tree. I got this about 7 years ago from my MIL. It was about this size 4 years ago, but if you notice the center, the large top branches were unfortunately knocked off by a bocce ball during an intense match in the yard. No biggie, just cleaned the break and sealed it. 4 years later the big 4 branches have matured, so I thought it time to prop it. Cut two right around the old break and planted those and they’re thriving. The branch that I had to chop down because of some winter rot is thriving with 8 new branches, which will be fun to see how they fight for space. The interesting part, I had to trim a small side branch on the top of the tallest branch, and now it’s sprouting multiple branches below the tip. I’ve been growing Plums for 9 years and have never seen anything like this! I’ll make this my last post until they are more mature.
Side note, the woman who hit my tree is a dear friend and she felt terrible. I cleaned up the break on that as well and put it back in the dirt. 3 years later it was nice and big and healthy. So when my friend moved into her new house, I gifted her a Plumeria (it’s kinda my thing and she always wanted one)… which just so happened to be the branch she knocked off 3 years prior. We all had happy tears.