leek seedlings

[Barnowl]

I'm just about to plant my leek seedlings in the bed left empty by my early spuds. Do I need to add compost, liquid feed  or similar beforehand?

[Barnowl]

[Tee Gee]

I always think liquid feeds are a bit useless I prefer to top dress with a solid fertiliser, particularly if the weather is wet and the ground is wet.

In this case I would use a a basic fertilser such as Fish,blood & bone or growmore at the recommended rates.

[Barnowl]

Thanks TG.

[manicscousers]

we used chicken pellets in ours, they've shot up..mind you, they like the rain  ;D

[greenfingered fiend]

Hey Barnowl.

When did you sow your leek seeds? I wanted to sow some but I'm guessing now is not a good time.

GF

[robkb]

Hi Barnowl,

Glad I read your post as I thought I'd left it too late to plant my leeks out! Have got two pots of them at home, will make sure I get them in this weekend.

Cheers,
Rob ;)

[Barnowl]

I have to come clean: I forgot to sow leeks until 3 weeks ago - not many have come up and those aren't nearly ready for transplanting so, because they're about the only veg my daughter will eat, for the first time ever I've bought some in (huge blush)  :-[


The nice people at http://www.organicplants.co.uk/ have some left over. They warned me they probably won't get very large.

[robkb]

Oh, I don't want show-winning whoppers - just ones I can eat. Hopefully I I get them in now I should get something edible...

Cheers,
Rob ;)

[cornykev]

Mine went out late May and are coming along nicely.  ;D ;D ;D

[Barnowl]

that's right, rub it in ........... ;)

[flowerlady]

I'm just about to plant my leek seedlings in the bed left empty by my early spuds. Do I need to add compost, liquid feed  or similar beforehand?

Leeks like firm soil ... if it's still quite loose from the spuds ... stomp up and down the rows a bit to firm the soil before you dib in the holes  :D ;)

[Barnowl]

Thanks Flowerlady. Didn't know that. I'll give it some welly.

[Kea]

I don't feel so lonely now with my two pots of leek seedlings not transplanted yet. I was going to put them in anyway as i quite like baby leeks.

[robkb]

I don't feel so lonely now with my two pots of leek seedlings not transplanted yet. I was going to put them in anyway as i quite like baby leeks.

Yes, that's what I'm telling everyone as well! :-[

Cheers,
Rob ;)

[norfolklass]

I don't feel so lonely now with my two pots of leek seedlings not transplanted yet. I was going to put them in anyway as i quite like baby leeks.

Yes, that's what I'm telling everyone as well! :-[

Cheers,
Rob ;)

ahem, that makes three of us ::) ;D

[Kea]

Well you know what they say "Three's a crowd"......so there's a crowd of us who haven't planted their leeks yet!
I haven't sorted it out today it's been blowing almost a gale and raining and it feels like November.

[calendula]

beautiful here in Saddleworth - I've never known leeks to be planted so late, are you going to over winter them as I don't know how big they'll get - I sow my last crop in May and over winter them until the early spring but they only tend to get about thick pencil size but they have a wonderful taste - I guess planting a really late crop now such as Blue Solaise might work to harvest next year

[Kea]

Mine are pencil size now so I'm hoping they'll grow a bit bigger when planted out.

[tim]

Remember you can have Leeks almost year-round.

And I have often failed to get mine in before late July.

These went in 1 Jun 07

[Barnowl]

Are they all planted at the same time?

Looks a useful catalogue ....