Topic: Leeks

[Roy Bham UK]

Mine says sow March/April and I still have seeds left, is it worth a shot? ???

[Mrs Ava]

Of course it is Roy!  I will be sowing anything and everything until....well, until I either run out of room, run out of seed, or go round the bend!  ;D

[teresa]

Hi,
I am like redclanger with  Musselborough.
forgive me for being dumb but I thought all leeks went through the winter so can you tell me what the difference is between them.
So far I am just excited I got some seeds of them growing and dont have to buy them.

[kitty]

well...i did too teresa.but with some of them -the name autumn king seems to suggest they are better 'keepers'...

roy-i said somewhere on here that i found a bag of onion sets hiding(they were whispering'please dont plant us')and i bunged 'em in-most people were saying plant before may but on the packet it said up to june and how do the seeds know what time of year it is when the weather is this dodgy?!
anyway-that was last weekend and they are already sprouting  so i'm pleased i planted them now!
so-we are still waiting for the answers to;
do we buy a particular sort of leek to last thru the winter...
and..
do we stagger planting of leeks to sustain us thru the winter.
we need a plumber here.
or at the very least a leek expert....... ;D

[littlegem]

I've just read the post about growing leeks in pipes. thought of a brill idea. I'm gonna get some big pop bottles (to make sure get enough light). 3" of compost in bottom, sow leek seed. and top up with compost as and when. i can grow them anywhere then. does this sound like a good idea? or am i being simple? :)

[Derek]

Hi

Wow...I missed a day and look at all the posts I have to catch up on.
I reckon I didn't drill a deep enough hole last year and although the leeks are tasty (White and green parts) the blanched bit seems wanting...I suppose that I am saying that in this case 'size does matter'

I may try the plastic pipe method that has been mentioned alongside the conventional way this year just to see what happens.

Kitty...I am taking it easy.... honest...although I did manage to get some runner beans out yesterday and pulled a few of the last leeks...I have been restricting myself to greenhouse duty...you could say I have been confined to the glasshouse

Derek

[kitty]

well..easy does it!you dont want to put yourself back!
...and i'm watching you! ;D

[tim]

It's here somewhere, but I can't lay my finger on it.

Varieties? - yes - harvest from August till April.
Succession? - like with everything else, OF COURSE!!

[kitty]

thanks tim-but you're being a bit too succint there-either that or i'm being ultra dim this evening......don't answer that.

Varieties? - yes - harvest from August till April.

yes-but if you only have the one variety-in my case autumn king ,in clangers case musselburgh..can we sow these successionally to harvest from aug. thru to april-or do we need different varieties.....? :)

[sandersj89]

thanks tim-but you're being a bit too succint there-either that or i'm being ultra dim this evening......don't answer that.

Varieties? - yes - harvest from August till April.

yes-but if you only have the one variety-in my case autumn king ,in clangers case musselburgh..can we sow these successionally to harvest from aug. thru to april-or do we need different varieties.....? :)

I would be happy yo sow a single variety in succession, indeed I have for a number of years. We picked our last Autumn Giant only a few weeks ago.

Jerry

[kitty]

thats the answer!
happy now!thanks jerry! :-*

[redimp]

Ta Gerry and thanks Kitty for persisting  ;D

[tim]

Remembering, of course, that some strains are bred for early cropping, & that others are not fully winter hardy? Or don't stand well.


PS Sorry to be succwhatever, kitty!

[clairenpaul]

Littlegem what a good idea  :) - sounds like it'll work so we're going to give it a try with some leeks and see how it goes