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watered erratically. This makes their plant cells more vulnerable to scorch damage.There's not a lot we can do about wind scorch or damage from heavy rain and hail, but we can change our watering technique to protect container plants and fruit and veg from

second crop from early fruiting plants. I’m hoping the heat will prompt a little more growth of my pumpkins, and will ripen my new Cape gooseberries (Physalis peruviana). And if I’m lucky, the sun will dry out the soil surface and frazzle the slugs

spaces, and many tomatoes are positively smothered by the rampant squash plants, all helping to increase the mugginess of the air around those ripening fruits.I'd love to know how you have fared with the dreaded blight on your spuds and tomatoes this year