The invention discloses a method for cultivating plums, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural planting. The method includes the steps that 1, a land is prepared, wherein the land which isdeep in soil layer and good in drainage is selected as a planting land, and rotary tillage treatment is performed after base fertilizer is applied to the planting land; 2, seedlings are transplanted,wherein planting pits are dug in the planting land, the plum seedlings are transplanted into the planting pits, line spacing is 30-40 cm, row spacing is 30-38 cm, leguminous plants are planted between the adjacent plum seedlings, and then the plum seedlings are watered with a nutrient solution, wherein the nutrient solution comprises, by weight, 5-8 parts of willow bark juice, 0.5-1 part of granulated sugar, 0.5-1 part of brassin and 3-6 parts of water; 3, nursery stocks are managed, wherein after transplanting, humus soil with the thickness of 3-5 cm is laid on the planting pits, then weedsof 2-3 cm cover the surface of the humus soil, water spraying is performed, and the humidity of the planting pits is kept to be 10-15%; 4, fertilizer application management is performed. By the adoption of the method, the plums are cultivated, and therefore the survival rate of the plum seedlings is increased greatly.