Tidy up your strawberry plants and clear away any used straw, as this will harbour pests and diseases over winter.

Create a new lawn from turf or seed, autumn weather is favourable for good lawn establishment. Carry out essential lawn

Pinch out the tips of outdoor cordon tomato plants to concentrate the plant’s energy into ripening fruits not producing further

Continue to feed and deadhead hanging baskets and container annuals, they will often keep going until the first frost. Deadhead

If you have plants fruiting in containers, make sure you give them a high potash liquid feed to keep them

Apply a high-potash fertiliser such as tomato food once fruits start to form on peppers, cucumber and aubergine plants. Pinch