Plums will grow pretty big quite quickly. But given the choice, I don’t plan to grow anything in pots for long. It is too much time investment/maintenance and (at least for me) they don’t seem very productive. Maybe you can grow the currants in the under-story of the plum? I think that would work if you prune the plum 
to not have any low branches and the area gets good sun.
Sorry for the typo in the name. The fruit is large, ripens evenly and makes the best jam and gelato!
The berries are very easy to pick. My row is about three feet tall, which is where I keep it. If not the branches have so much fruit, they sprawl. I’ll send pics soon, as they will be ready to pick this week! Working on my Montmorency cherries for the next three days! PS I also have a Consort for extra pollination. Works very well! Five shrubs in all.
Bobby-
If you use a big enough pot (whisky barrel) production is quite good… but yes…the smaller pots are pretty tight on the production. Up here i’m forced to because winter doesn’t allow much to survive…but i agree…i’d rather grow in the ground…because its way less watering…on the flip side spraying and pest control is far easier in potted trees.
My Tomcot are almost red…probably pick some today.
Good sun is my issue. The way my property is planted, the only decent sun left (greater than 6 hours including early am sun) is a barely two foot strip next to the driveway and another small section where my septic line lies right under the ground; its lovely full day heat there. We’ve already had root issues there though when a buddleia planted a few yards away grabbed and displaced the line. Bad deal. $$$ to fix. So it has to be a root free zone, per Septic Dude (dood? Hah).
So I desperately want to use the space, and I want plums or a plumcot. So the idea of half barrel size planters over there keeps crossing my mind. I stand there and stare and sooooo wish the darned line was someplace else.
The smallish space I would like to use looks kinda ok in spring… Then when the trees leaf out I know perfectly well its not enough sun for a plum and it shows up too late in the day and I get bummed out. But probably ok for currants. They might like the mix of sun and shade with strong late day light.
I think it’s an issue of micro-climates, Chris. My neighborhood has many fig trees that can’t seem to ripen their figs. We get quite a bit of fog, and a lot of cool marine air. Great to hear you’re having success with Black Mission figs though.
Urgh tried to reply about 17 times on my phone at work it glitched out. I’d love to see pics, Mrs. G!
I find I’m at a crossroads, having to make choices based on my fruiting goals and shrinking space. I’ve planted like mad for three years…now its down to the last few small spots. Something rich to complement the mulberries in jam/pie filling would fill a useful niche. As you see in my reply to Bob, some container fruit may become necessity.
I’d still like to really indulge myself with a plum and a small sweet cherry. Those would be all for me (she said greedily!) 
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Another bad Flavor Supreme… Late PC is a pain to control because i get sick of spraying 
Oh well…it was still excellent (the good parts i cut off)…
Plenty of clean fruit yet to eat!
Seedless hybrid Morus nigra Mulberries.
I didn’t harvest this Flavor King. Something chewed it and it was still hanging on the tree. Maybe a raccoon?! 
Son of a Seabiscuit. Can you cut out the eaten part and enjoy the rest?
Thats a common sight on my plums, caused by birds pecking at them. Put up some scare tape or similar if you see a lot of it.
The fruit is way underripe 
Hi Scott, do you think the bird would have pecked the upside down part of the fruit?
They could have if they were sitting on a limb below it. The reason why it looks like bird damage is the way the sides are ragged and its a cavity. Bites look more like bits sliced off. Bugs can make cavities but they are usually not round or as clean as that.
That’s the thing, there was no limb underneath that fruit. It was the lowest hanging part of the tree about 24 inches off the ground.
Anyways, I’m fretting since I have just 16 odd fruits in the orchard right now. 
Net your tree!
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Wow, very early pomegranate. And a little tiny one
It split so I picked it. It was developed but sour
Chandler blueberries are ripe and huge… I picked all the Tomcots (about a dozen)…delicious but they had bacterial spot on them. I’m about to pick all the Flavor Supreme pluots before the squirrels and or brown rot discovers them.