Does anyone know anything about plum trees?

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So, we bought our current house last autumn, meaning I've never seen the plum tree in the back garden do it's thing. The previous owner told us it normally fruits very heavily (except for last year, which she put down to bad weather).
I'm trying my best to look after this tree but I think something is wrong with it. I put manure round the base in early spring and it now has lots of bright green smallish fruits on it. However... the biggest fruits are now starting to turn yellow/brown and look shrivelled and sad. We water it on hot days and the base of the tree is clear of weeds.
I've googled for ages and can't find this problem described anywhere. Is it supposed to do this? Can anyone help??

oops, "its", not "it's". Bloody autocorrect.

It does sound like there is a problem, I'm no expert, but our plum trees have fruit which s about .5 inch diameter and a healthy green colour.

When I thinned it in June there were some small yellow ones which I thinned out too.

We had very few plums last year so that was just the weather.

Hth

Maybe you've given it a shock with all the rich manure?

Ours has a fair bit of fruit this year. Last year: the wind took off a few huge branches and the weather was obv awful. Not a sausage. Not one plum.

So, they do recover.

Maybe leave it well enough alone and see what happens next year.

Ours have minds of their own, some years we can't move for plums and others not a sausage.

Not that they get any TLC, the grass is right up to their roots and they are way too tall to thin the fruit, or even pick it all.

Thanks all! The plums are looking a bit better now, gradually turning yellowy which I've been told is normal as they turn purple. None appear to have shrivelled for a while. Not sure what made it look so sickly but it seems to be cured for now fingers crossed