Fiann’s tips for the weekend

* Be alert to late frosts. Some fruits and tender crops may still need fleece protection.

* May is the thinning month. Thinning enables space for roots to swell and spread and gives space too to top surface foliage spread and lessens competition for water and nutrients.

* Similarly to thinning, disbudding can be a practice of strengthening the vigour of plants for future years.