I have planted out my original sowings but some seem to have died so I am wondering if its too late to sow some more outside to harvest through the winter?
I haven't sown mine yet, last year I sowed in August and got an excellent crop.
Get them in, they may be a bit smaller but you'll get a crop just the same. Maybe grow an early one?
Leek Yates Empire will stand to the end of April :D
Like Robert says, get 'em in! ;)
My leeks which I sowed ages ago (can't remeber when) are now about 10" tall but don't seem to be fattening up much- not yet "pencil thickness" as advised for planting- & are starting to keel over. Would I be better off starting again?
plant them out in that case, caroline. the transplenting will be a little more fiddly but they will be better off outdoors i think.
i have to start again with my leeks as a squirrel has dug them all up - i cant leave any seeds/seedlings out on my balcony at the moment - so will do them indoors.
Oh, dear b....y books!
Pencil thickness?? By the time they are 10" in plugs, or whatever? - they're starved. As Svea says get them out - QUICK!!
Another year, if you get impatient, as soon as they are big enough to handle - like 5" - get them in.
Late sowings? 'Mini-leeks' - like King Richard?