[LILLILEAF]

I only have 1 plum tree, i did not get any fruit last year ,there are 2 branches coming from the bottom of the tree, would they be suckers? and need to come off, i know to take the dead dying and anything  that does not look good, what can i do??.

[Growster...]

I'm in the same boat, Lils, so I hope we can get an answer soon...!

[jaydig]

Plums and other 'stone' fruit, such as peaches and apricots should never be pruned in the winter, but wait until the weather warms up in late spring.  This is to help prevent them from getting a disease called silver leaf.  Pears, apples and other 'top fruit' should be pruned now, before they start into growth. If they are pruned when the weather is too warm it prompts them into making loads of soft whippy growth, which is undesirable.
I plan on pruning my two pear trees some time during this coming week.

[Ivor Backache]

I agree with Jaydig, don't prune anything now. Do the pruning after you have harvested the fruit. I picked my fruit in September (Victoia) and it then I do general pruning, cutting back and shaping the tree. Gives the tree a chance to seal the cut ends. At the base of the trunk will be a lump and that is where the stock has been grafted to the root. Any branches above the lump will be proper ones and any lower will be suckers. You can cut suckers off anytime.
No fruit generally means that you had a good harvest the year before. It is the tree's way of preserving its strength.