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now i am torn, last year i was given some presown leeks and i was going to replicate by sowing in a try rather than modules.

But now i am not sure about sowing as i had planned, in modules or en  situ  :'(

I have some Japanese winter sown onions that dont seam to be doing much where they are and i am going to move them to the onion bed in a couple of weeks.

I am however going to plant my onion seed in modules in the next couple of days to give them a head start!

Quote from: Sparkly on April 02, 2007, 16:43:48
My leeks are currently about 3inches high and about2-3mm in diameter. They are currently in potting compost in plugs. Is this best option to transplant them into multi-purpose compost in single pots or to plant them straight onto the allotment this small?

Mine are at the same stage as yours sparkly, and also in a 40 cell plug tray.  I've been wondering when they would start to grow a bit more as they've been the same for a week or two now and one of my neighbours at the plot has just planted his out but they are about 8 inches tall and half inch thick.  I must ask him when he sowed them...

:)

oh corbels... just scattered mine across a tray and left them to it. No gaps, no nothing!

They're 3-4" tall and about 1-2m thick now.  Oh well, will let them get on with it until they're big enough to stick outside. 

Worst case scenario is we get to eat baby leeks...!

Steady folks!!

It is not wrong to grow in trays as many of you are doing all I have explained is; how I do it!!

Gardening is not an exact science so there are many ways to get good results.

For the record I went though a 'learning curve' as well, and in those days I didn't have forums like this to guide me, a lot was trial and error, and yes! as I recall;  I grew in trays as well!!

So all I was doing was 'making a suggestion' giving an opinion even! which I will admit to always doing, when I reply to queries.

All I would add is; when transplanting them take care of the root system and you should be well rewarded.

mine are just popping out of my seed bed & will stay there till the right wether to move them ;D