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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Lizann on December 03, 2010, 08:45:36

Title: Leeks
Post by: Lizann on December 03, 2010, 08:45:36
My leeks are looking a bit poorly under about 8 inches of snow.  Should I have lifted them and frozen them by now?  Never had enough in the past to last this long, but had a good crop this year. 
Title: Re: Leeks
Post by: Chrispy on December 03, 2010, 09:49:03
They will be fine, when the weather warms up they will even continue to grow, but you will want to dig them up before they start to go to seed.
Title: Re: Leeks
Post by: Lizann on December 03, 2010, 09:59:55
Thanks.  Am relieved I won't lose them.  Just dug one out (with great difficulty) and made soup, as reckoned it was just like using it from the freezer.   :)
Title: Re: Leeks
Post by: saddad on December 03, 2010, 12:25:27
With the exception of Kale, Leks are one of the hardiest of vegetables.. .  ;D
Title: Re: Leeks
Post by: antipodes on December 03, 2010, 14:11:26
I agree - last year mine were exposed to some terribly cold temperatures, well below zero and they were fine and dandy. They are a bugger to get out when the ground is really hard though, I tend to dig out the last ones as I start planting the spring crops...
Title: Re: Leeks
Post by: PurpleHeather on December 03, 2010, 19:05:46
We all have to make decisions based on what we know.

Thnkfully we now know lot more