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Title: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: Chris Graham on March 17, 2007, 17:26:09

Started these leek a few weeks ago and since I didnt do very well last year with leeks I'm worried about these ones.

They are in a garage next to a window with a bubble wrap covering.

I was going to let them grow on till transplanting but what do you think?

(http://backyard.8m.net/garden%20veg/17.03.07/veg0024.JPG)

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: MrsKP on March 17, 2007, 17:54:52

Mine are still doubled over, so you're well ahead of me Chris !

I did a Carol Kleine on mine though and chucked loads in a bucket ! I'll separate them when they're pencil thick and plant them then (hopefully on the lottie!!!!).

;D

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: coznbob on March 17, 2007, 18:00:33

Glad you posted that pic. thought I had done something horribly to mine!
They look exactly the same :)

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: Mrs Ava on March 17, 2007, 18:00:57

Look fine to me!

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on March 17, 2007, 18:49:43

They look fine. Mine aren't even in yet. I don't plant until I'm satisfied that spring has irrevocably sprung.

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: saddad on March 17, 2007, 20:05:29

I have a greenhouse shelf full of them, waiting for pricking out tomorrow... can get them outside earlier than other stuff so will be doing a couple of hundred for the plant sale!
;D

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: kt. on March 17, 2007, 20:17:11

Better than mine. Mine are still in the seed packet. ;)

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: kitten on March 17, 2007, 20:41:18

Chris i'm so glad you posted that, i was beginning to worry about mine, and they're identical to yours. They seem way too tall don't they?! :o

Thanks for the reassurance :-*

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: cornykev on March 17, 2007, 21:35:24

Same as mine. ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: Chris Graham on March 17, 2007, 23:16:00

Yeh i thought they were too tall as well!

Glad they are ok, quite attached to the wee fellows.

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: Tee Gee on March 18, 2007, 09:59:51

They look fine to me.

The bend or crook is normal, all I would do is turn the tray daily so that they are not drawn over to the light.

Like KTL mines are still in the packet.

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: Laney on March 18, 2007, 12:01:03

Well, they look exactly like mine, which I started a week and a half ago, but I've never grown them before. It looks like we have normal leeks! ;D

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: Blue Bird on March 18, 2007, 13:21:24

Mine are in my New Cold Frame will they be OK ??? ???

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: tim on March 18, 2007, 13:31:42

Just great, Chris - but you do NOT have to wait for 'pencil thickness' before doing anything - even planting out.

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: carolinej on March 18, 2007, 15:55:26

I usually plant out well before pencil thickness, as I would rather them in the ground a bit thinner, than a bit squashed in a pot of compost that has probably had all the goodness used up. Saying that, I never grow huge leeks. Maybe I am wrong.

Last year, I tried putting some in at 2 per hole. They were only slightly thinner than the ones that went in singularly, so I will be doing that again this year. Less space and less work!

cj :)

Title: Re: Do these leeks look ok?
Post by: manicscousers on March 18, 2007, 16:14:21

and, baby leeks cost more than ordinary ones !! ;D

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