Young plum trees generally grow vigorously, and the overall growth should be mainly based on light cutting and slow release. In the cultivation of backbone branches, we should pay attention to three key links: timely opening, shortening the head and controlling the strong branches on the back. In the cultivation of fruiting branches, we should pay attention to the use of control techniques such as taking branches, winding branches, branching, twisting tips, coring and slow release, so as to relieve the tree vigor and bear fruit as soon as possible. For the parts where the flourishing leaves affect the crown illumination, the branches should be properly thinned and strengthened, and for the parts with few and empty branches, the number of branches should be increased by cultivating secondary branches.

In a word, the first central task is to prune branches according to the target tree structure, and maintain the subordinate relationship and balanced development of each main branch; The second is to realize the transfer of medium-long fruit branches to short bouquets as soon as possible.