Just a question. Do I give up on my leeks, as they haven't grown very big. Is it best to use them small, or give them another month, but I'm not sure that would make much difference. 🤔
Use the biggest ones and see what they are like, I'm often late transplanting leeks trying to avoid leek moth but if the weather isn't right they grow slowly and so last year I left some hoping they would grow bigger but by February the skin had gone thick and rubbery, they had gone past their harvest date by February.
Thanks @barry island for the info.🙂 Its my first try at leeks. Mine went in ( bought as starter plants from the GC) after the summer veg came out , so have been in about four months. Wanted to use my small veg bed over winter, so was very much an experiment , it's not a disaster just not as successful as I had hoped.🙂
Leeks , going to allotment today and will dig a few up , we grow ours from seed and trans plant as soon seedlings are big enough , will have look in my note book to see when we put them in , always grow a big bed of these , have been harvesting since before Christmas Hope all’s well with everybody
I always started mine from seed in pots at home and when they are pencil thick transplant them into the space left by first early potatoes that's about the end of June, now I don't bother with first early potatoes they follow the second early so not until July which if the weather is dry and hot is a bit late to plant them on my soil, mine are quite small this year but I'm sure that they are just as tasty I will have to pull a couple up for Sunday lunch.
Purplerallim , have to say small whole leeks are rather nice Good day at plot , lots of burning done Picked some sprouts , although they have not been good this year
hello all still not getting notifications, don't grow leeks - but they do make nice flowers - all the alliums - leek family
GWRS thanks for asking - arm still sore still having pain relief am having physio to help, need to regain strength as a lot weaker than arm was
Went to the plot today small bit clear of weeds, really like watching the birds blue tit, robin, dunnocks and sparrows about on plot and longtailed tits in garden, started cleaning out bird house ready for a new nest
Oh! boy one step forward two steps back, allotment too wet to dig again but pruned fruit trees, weeded front of plot, put nest box back up, cleared fallen leaves from under fruit trees so jobs done some of which I might not have got round to if the ground hadn't been so wet.
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Hope all’s well with everybody
Gardengirl , hows the arm ?
Good day at plot , lots of burning done
Picked some sprouts , although they have not been good this year