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to other plants. Carry out repeated, preventative spraying the moment the first batch of tomatoes starts to set. Use fungicide containing copper. They don't provide 100 per cent protection, but an attack will be slowed down and you should get ripe tomatoes

with copper fungicide every 10 days or so. They don't provide 100 per cent protection, but an attack will be slowed down and you should get a ripe crop.potatoes, tomatoessummer, autumn, winterMore advice on growing potatoesAdvice on earthing up potatoes

with lots of room around them so the air can circulate, and prune out any congested growth..Use a preventative copper fungicide in spring before the overwintering spores strike. Make sure you cover all the leaf surfaces.rosesearly- to late-summerMore advice

Pot up rooted cuttings and young plants that have outgrown their potsSow seeds of marrows, courgettes, squashes, cucumbers and melons in a heated propagatorWater pots and trays of seedlings with a solution of copper fungicide to prevent damping

solution of copper fungicideSow cyclamen, keeping the trays in total darkness until seeds have germinatedRepair broken panes of glass and damaged or badly fitting doors and vents

competitionFeed cabbages and other brassicas with pelleted chicken manure or another nitrogen-rich fertiliserSpray new leaves of peaches and nectarines with copper fungicide to prevent peach leaf curl Sow seeds of the following crops outside or under cloches

a recommended fungicide, containing either a Bordeaux mixture or copper, and spray before signs of infection and repeat at 10-15 day intervals.acersearly summerMore advice on growing acersPlanting an acer in a potAcer inspirationPlanting a small tree