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Leeks & Spring Onions
Road Apple Stew
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I've just put a row of Leeks and a row of Spring Onions in (plants)
Two questions as I've never grown them before;
1) Slug pellets around the rows? (Or is it too early / they're not interested)
2) Will the pigeons nibble at them? (I doubt it as they've never touched my ordinary onions in the past)
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Used to grow these when i had my allotments, never had trouble from anything except allium leaf miner. Have you looked up how to plant leaks? Only asking cos its a bit of a weird technique!
Slugs don't like either of them so no need for treatments, neither do birds.
Yes thanks Bekkie (well I did my best)
Pretty much as I thought Dave but thanks anyway!
leaf miner had all mine last year keep them covered
I grew some leeks in my garden in september last year (just emptied a packet of seeds on to a 1ft by 3ft bed ) well they are very small being so close together my question is can I dig them up and transplant them on to my allotment and will they be ok at this time of the year ?
I'll put that down as No then !
Yes you can, they'll be okay. Plant some seeds now so you have a few to put in the ground later in the year too.
Sparrows nibbled my leeks, so I had to cover them. They also nibbled beetroot seedlings last year.
thanks Max will do , Leif we don't have any sparrows around here ! there used to be thousands but not now?
atb DD