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Right so the space is so that it has room to grow?.

If you planted it like most other plants then it would be restricted.

Thanks Tim. I think Pete digs a small hole too.

Yours are very nice indeed so what you do works obviously. Leek and tattie soup.... Mmmmmmm  :P

Tim,

I would have thought from the photo that is obvious that you are doing it completely wrong  ;D

Phil

yeah-tiny arent they?
oop north we call them spring onions! ;) ;D

Quote from: tim on April 27, 2005, 16:25:32
Your main problem, Pete, will be disentangling the roots if you leave them.

8" - yes - if 'pencil' thickness'. I seldom wait that long, but yours are a bit wispy. And they don't normally go out until June.

Yours would probably grow away - mine were like that last year - but I would be tempted to space them out in a nursery bed until they are a bit stronger. Or do half & half?

My method it works for me; Grow seeds in full 6 or 7 inch pot keep moist at all times & reasonably cool, don't be in a hurry to plant out, I don't bother until they are at least the size of a pencil in diameter, I trim the roots back because They wont get much actual cover over the root & I cant be bothered to mess around untangling, more root =more moisture loss at first (in my method) I also trim back excess top as I only intend an inch or so max to be poking out of the hole which will receive them; planting is carried out this way, using a dibber at full  9 inch depth in soil previously kept loose & weedfree with five pronged hand cultivator, intention is to get a clean 1.5 inch wide hole for these prepared leek plants, & can be done in dry weather by watering the inserted dibber twist & pull out, drop in plants & water carefully the hole "so as not to fill it in" the result will be covered root base minimal water loss through evaporation & plenty of air.
I don't lose any, & the results are .. good length white leeks relatively trouble free.

Quote from: rotoman on May 05, 2005, 06:49:05
..... more root =more moisture loss at first (in my method) .....

Rotoman,

I don't follow that one, leaves loose water, roots take it from the ground.

I fully agree with the rest of your method, a dibber is much easier than digging a hole and gives a firmer planting base

Phil

Im completely new to leeks.  I don't care if the look the part I just want them to taste ok.  A stew aint the same without leeeks.
I was going to either direct sow or plant them in a shallow drill.
C'mon leek experts - now tell me I am doing it all wrong  ;)

There's no 'right' way, just what suits you. And, as said, who cares so long as they taste good? Varieties like King Richard are designed to be pulled young.

But one does try, by trenching or dibbing, to get a nice bit of white - not that it tastes any better than the green. So, right or wrong, I use this thing to its full depth:

Is that a photo of 'a' dibber or 'our' dibber?  ;D

aaaaaahhh!i want that dibber tim!
my dad used to have a dibber just like that-i dont know what happened to it :(
lovely that dibber is.....
kitty

I can't see the dibber.  ???

well..take it from me-its a good'un...and i could use one-at the moment i'm dibbing leeks in with a cane-most unsatisfactory. :(
i havent got a broken fork or spade to make one from!

I bought a plastic one from Whisby Garden Centre if you're down that end of town.

mmmmmmm.......plassy...... :(
want a nice wooden one like tims.. >:(want one.i do,,bah!shall have to break me spade!!!!! ;D
thanks tho-did you see they have tates really cheap there  now?
i went there for a vic plum and the chap was really helpful-seemed to be a new bloke in charge-he wasnt too happy with the quality-i thought it was fine ::) ::) ::)but he pruned it a bit for me and knocked a fiver off...
i think it must have changed hands again...
i am down that end of town a lot-sadly for my oh!we live in the next hamlet but one...

I got a cheap bag of King Eds from there.  Its my favourite garden centre in the Lincoln area - they cannot do enough for you - unlike that other one a bit further down the road.

Begins with P and ends in s. I know where you mean. Whisby is a proper GC and P*****s caters to the garden gnome mob. There's another good one between Hykeham and Bracebridge on the back road off Brant Rd.

what other one?
i didnt know there was one there petemason- ???
..has that other one you were talking-
about p******s.got ennell in the middle by any chance?! ::) ;) ;D

.....i always judge a place by the outdoor furniture quotient-if theres more of that then plants i steer clear

...a really good one,is out at harpswell...pam tatums place-hall farm-they know their  stuff and its good value -big well grown plants.........
.....i cant remember if i said-oo-ek this is turning into a lincolnshire thread-sorry ,anyone who doesnt live in the county-specifically for clanger and pm..theres a n allotment sale at the methodist church hall in bailgate on the 14th...usually lots of bargains..i'm probably telling you summat you know... ::)
kitty

Quote from: kitty on May 06, 2005, 15:01:42

theres a n allotment sale at the methodist church hall in bailgate on the 14th...usually lots of bargains..i'm probably telling you summat you know... ::)
kitty

no - it's news to me - I will hopefully bump into both of you there  ;D

i'll be wearing a red carnation ;)...hey if all the lincs mob wear a red carnation we'll know who we are....... ;D

saturday it is-14th may10a.m til...er 12 i think-best get there early-i warn you-i dont do gabbing til i've filled me boots-cant bear to let a bargain get away! ;D

red carnation it is then :D is that alright by you Pete?

PS Dan - How about setting up a new Lincolnshire Board  ;D