` PLANT out potatoes over the next few weeks, earthing up any early emerging shoots as they appear to avoid any frost damage.
Sow leeks, broccoli, cauliflowers and cabbage in outdoor seed beds for planting out later in June.
Sow salad crops directly into the soil in short rows to avoid a glut.
Protect susceptible crops from pest attacks with fleece and keep a watchful eye on the slug and snail populations – use slug pellets containing ferrous sulphate if you are growing organically.
` KEEP an eye on the soft young growth on soft fruit bushes and treat aphid infestations with a fatty acid spray.
Hang pheromone traps in apple trees from early May to trap amorous male codling moths.
Straw up rows of strawberries now before the new growth gets underway too much.
