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My nectarine growing in a pot has had a great deal of flowers but I noticed now some leaves are twisted and tinged red. Could this be a pest of some sort?  Morning CLER Its a disease called peach leaf curl....nectarines same family.  It's caused

at home, they just get soft - not the same thing at all  Ah well, enough reason to live here. They're big and fat and juicy. It runs down your chin. Sluuurrrrrrp. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3349116/How-to-grow-Peaches-and-nectarines

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

Buy plug plants and young bedding plants to grow on for baskets, pots and bedding displaysThin out heavy fruit sets on peaches and nectarines, leaving fruits about 10cm apartSow annual climbers, such as cup-and-saucer vine (Cobaea), nasturtium

and eucomis, under coverCheck all plants for signs of pests and treat immediatelySow sweet peas in potsAvoid moving Christmas cactus during autumn while they're forming flower buds, to prevent damageMove potted peaches and nectarines under cover

heavy crops of peaches and nectarines, leaving remaining fruits about 10cm apartRepot any houseplants that are pot bound

if that's possible or within season) I've not grown peaches (yet) so can't offer any personal experiences, but this website should be helpful http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Grow-Your-Own/Fruit-A-to-Z/Peaches---nectarines I bought a peach tree a couple

the fungus before the leaves emerge from the buds. peach, nectarine, apricot and almond treesall year roundMore advice on growing fruitTraining a nectarine tree videoRemoving pear leaf blister miteKeeping apple sawfly at bayMonty's favourite fruit varieties

container-grown roses and shrubsPrepare soil in flower beds for summer beddingTie in new growth on climbing plantsFlowersSow bean, marrow, courgette and squash seedsSpray peaches and nectarines with fungicide Pick rhubarb stems as they developFruit & veg

shall give her some of my well-grown sweet corn plants and any surplus produce she is not growing herself. Self-sufficiency is not quite that. Co-operation is needed and lots of friends! I have a dwarf peach tree & a dwarf nectarine tree which I grow