Pruning Allium Roots

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  April 2023

  Well spotted @Fairygirl Very different to A purple sensation. A cernuum has that same rhizome.

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• februarysgirl Posts: 835

  April 2023

  OK, I think what I'll do is root prune three and plant in the raised bed then plant the other three as is into a pot and see what happens!
  
  Thanks again for the responses 🙂

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• Palustris Posts: 4,307

  April 2023

  Allium roots do not branch like other plants do when cut, they just die back to the basal plate. Then the plant has to make a new root altogether. That is why if you remove the roots from a leek pant before putting in the soil you should also reduce the top growth.
  

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• Nollie Posts: 7,529

  April 2023

  @Palustris I always trim roots of leeks to about an inch or two because when you start them off in a seed bed they develop long roots that are impossible to drop in the dibbed hole in the final planting position. I never trim back the top growth and always grow good leeks. Clearly mine haven’t ever read the rules!

  Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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