Pencil thickness? You're wasting your time!

[stanley]

Thanks for that Tim, thought I was losing the plot for a moment there.

ps

leeks going in when charlottes come out, 1000 ft high here and need to be hasty about things.

the buggers will be more like fountain pens than pencils but hey ho, it worked last year.

[stanley]

[OliveOil]

why do mine still look like gras???? too hot? too cold? why oh why oh why????

[asbean]

I've always ignored the "pencil" thickness, waiting for them to become that thick is like watching paint dry.  I've always put them into their holes (made with an old cricket stump) when they're like thick grass.  Trim the tops and roots, and never had any trouble (except for the thieving birds who pick them out of the holes).   >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

[OliveOil]

mine are still thin wispy grass? ::)

[Rose.mary]

I have just planted mine yesterday and they are short of 'pencil' thickness, but the roots were about 6" long when I got them untangled

Rosemary

[tim]

I am not a believer in trimming - unless the roots are 6" long when it does help them fit the hole?

[saddad]

Where are you Stanley.... Accrington?
;D