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Chris Graham

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Do these leeks look ok?
« on: March 17, 2007, 17:26:09 »
Started these leek a few weeks ago and since I didnt do very well last year with leeks I'm worried about these ones.

They are in a garage next to a window with a bubble wrap covering.

I was going to let them grow on till transplanting but what do you think?

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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 17:54:52 »
Mine are still doubled over, so you're well ahead of me Chris !

I did a Carol Kleine on mine though and chucked loads in a bucket !  I'll separate them when they're pencil thick and plant them then (hopefully on the lottie!!!!).

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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 18:00:33 »
Glad you posted that pic. thought I had done something horribly to mine!
They look exactly the same :)
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2007, 18:00:57 »
Look fine to me!
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2007, 18:49:43 »
They look fine. Mine aren't even in yet. I don't plant until I'm satisfied that spring has irrevocably sprung.
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2007, 20:05:29 »
I have a greenhouse shelf full of them, waiting for pricking out tomorrow... can get them outside earlier than other stuff so will be doing a couple of hundred for the plant sale!
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2007, 20:17:11 »
Better than mine. Mine are still in the seed packet. ;)
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2007, 20:41:18 »
Chris i'm so glad you posted that, i was beginning to worry about mine, and they're identical to yours.  They seem way too tall don't they?!  :o

Thanks for the reassurance  :-*
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2007, 21:35:24 »
Same as mine.   ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2007, 23:16:00 »
Yeh i thought they were too tall as well!

Glad they are ok, quite attached to the wee fellows.
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2007, 09:59:51 »
They look fine to me.

The bend or crook is normal, all I would do is turn the tray daily so that they are not drawn over to the light.

Like KTL mines are still in the packet.
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2007, 12:01:03 »
Well, they look exactly like mine, which I started a week and a half ago, but I've never grown them before.  It looks like we have normal leeks! ;D
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2007, 13:21:24 »
Mine are in my New Cold Frame will they be OK  ??? ???
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2007, 13:31:42 »
Just great, Chris - but you do NOT have to wait for 'pencil thickness' before doing anything - even planting out.
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2007, 15:55:26 »
I usually plant out well before pencil thickness, as I would rather them in the ground a bit thinner, than a bit squashed in a pot of compost that has probably had all the goodness used up. Saying that, I never grow huge leeks. Maybe I am wrong.

Last year, I tried putting some in at 2 per hole. They were only slightly thinner than the ones that went in singularly, so I will be doing that again this year. Less space and less work!

cj :)
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Re: Do these leeks look ok?
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2007, 16:14:21 »
and, baby leeks cost more than ordinary ones !!  ;D
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