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Transplanting Leeks
bobloes
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in Fruit & veg
Growing leeks for the first time and the book told me to transplant when the plants are pencil size. I was a little late but in so doing I am pretty sure I have introduce a significant amount of grit into the plants. I assume transplanting enables a greater amount of the leek to remain white but is it necessary? Thanks
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And the grit inside the leeks is easy enough to remove when preparing for cooking. Slice off the unwanted green tops and the roots and stand the usable bits upside down in water, the grit soon drops out.
When transplanting leeks slide a kitchen roll holder over them and earth up soil around, it stops grit getting on the plants and gives a nice long blanch, I know the rolls decay but by that time the leeks will have grown with a good thickness of blanch.
Now that is what I call three very useful pieces of advice obviously gained from hard experience. Thanks very much indeed.
I have bits of 2" wide plastic piping to go over mine, you can cut a lot from a length.