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Move tender plants into the greenhouse or under cover before the first frosts strike. Water these sparingly over winter.

The chances are that you will, but if you started off this year with F1 hybrid seed, then you’ll end up with something different and it could also happen that insects will have crosspollinated your plants, giving different results. I’ve got small yellow fruit on my Japanese quince for the first time. Are these edible? – Lee Docherty, Dumbarton

Yes they are, but they need to be cooked first. Is it worth collecting leaves from a beech tree? I’ve heard that they take a long time to break down. – Fiona Mcwhirter, by email Beech leaves can take two years or more to become crumbly, but they are still worth collecting if you have somewhere to store them. email your questions: ps@sundaypost.com