Topic: Yellow spots on leek leaves

[Digeroo]

Some of my leeks have yellow spots should I
1.  Ignore it
2.  Cut off affected leaves
3.  Dig up and eat the affect plants

[plainleaf2]

Have you  trimmed the leaves?
It might help if you posted a picture of the spots.

[Slug_killer]

Some pictures would definitely help, but ...

Are these spots on the top, bottom, both or through the leaf.

My thoughts are rust.

[Digeroo]

They are on the top of the leaves, and rust sounds like a good description to me.  Seems odd because I have never grown leeks before and so not sure where the infaction is coming from.

Did a quick google and the wisdom seems to say more potash and less nitrogen.

[Flighty]

Digeroo I don't know what it is but if it gets worse I'd take the affected leaves off and then keep an eye on them. If it continues I'd lift and use them.

[Digeroo]

Many thanks I will get out the scissors and cut it all off. 

[cornykev]

There was a thread on this a couple of weeks ago, the advise was take off the affected leaves and burn then feed with tommie feed.  :-\     ;D ;D ;D

[w00dy]

Have a look down the centre of the leaves the Leek moth may be to blame here

[kt.]

I have had some that had rust,  which is what yours sounds like.  If that is your leeks problem,  I just harvested them,  peeled the outer leaves and ate them.  Smaller leeks are better than no leeks at all.........

[manicscousers]

our leeks have developed some rust, I was told to pull off/cut off the diseased leaves so have done that and mulched them up, hopefully they will last a few more weeks  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

our leeks have developed some rust, I was told to pull off/cut off the diseased leaves so have done that and mulched them up, hopefully they will last a few more weeks  ;D

How much is 'some rust'? You don't need to worry unless there's masses of it.

[manicscousers]

a few of them were really bad, I've pulled the 'gone to seed' ones and left the others, going to make leek and potato soup tomorrow