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Leeks, I plan to grow them!
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
camprn wrote:I have posted this video before but I cannot find the post.This is the method I used last year , quite successfully, to transplant my leek seedlings. Worked like a charm!
I love this video. Easy peasy! I''d like to plant my leeks out this weekend and I want to do it just like that but need to know a little bit more about continued care. Do you dribble the water in every time that you water them? Or can they be watered with the rose watering can end? How often should they be watered? Willl a broom handle or other such item be an acceptable substitute for a proper dibble? Are leeks ok with part shade?
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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
I have tried that method for the past two years and MM just fills the holes, even when you pour water very carefully. I tried again last week but the holes just fill up. Last year the leeks turned out fine, at least for me, so I just let em grow.
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
I used that method when I planted my leeks last fall. My holes also filled up with MM after about 2 waterings. They turned out fine though. Except, I did not have as much tender white at the bottom as I have seen in the stores. But still worked good. For a dibble, I used an old hoe handle.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
Thanks, folks. That was very helpful. I won't freak out when the MM fills in the holes, and I'll use my fattest handle for a dibble. And maybe go down 8 inches for more white part.
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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
I've been watching my American Flag leeks climb into the sky and about to burst into flowers. I find the contorting, twisting stems very beautiful to watch. Is there any problem waiting to harvest them after they flower?
nosmok- Posts : 55
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
My recommendation, Cut the flowerstalls off most of them, those leeks you will be eating. Leave a few flowers for the pollinators and you will have seed for next years leeks.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
The number one problem I have had with flowering leeks is that the stem of the flower goes all the way to the center of the plant (down to the roots) and is as tough as wood. It made the plant useless for winter. If I cut the flower stalk and left the plant a new leek would develop from the roots, often right inside of the outer leaves, and it was stove-pan worthy, just moon shaped and often small, but still a use-able leek.nosmok wrote:...snip... Is there any problem waiting to harvest them after they flower?
Debs... who believes that all is not lost but a blue ribbon at the fair is out.... but your fellow gardeners will still celebrate your garden to table success!
Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
+1Lavender Debs wrote:
Debs... who believes that all is not lost but a blue ribbon at the fair is out.... but your fellow gardeners will still celebrate your garden to table success!
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
I like to whack most of the tops off before the buds break open and cook them up- they are a rare treat. I only have to leave one or two leeks go to seed for next season. Here's a link LOOK HERE
Yardslave- Posts : 546
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
Great info at that link, Yardslave. Thank you!
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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
The leeks are going gangbusters.
http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/growing-leeks.html
http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/growing-leeks.html
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
Sown end of February, transplanted end of April.donnainzone10 wrote:From seed? When did you plant them?
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
something like that. I eyeballed it.sanderson wrote:6" spacing?
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
In an earlier post on this thread, Plantoid mentioned using corrugated cardboard wrapped around the leek when planted to keep the dirt from getting into the leaves. What if they were planted inside a toilet paper or paper towel tube. I realize the tube won't hold up long, but would that help initially to keep the dirt out of the stems.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
I've found this to not work very well and not worth the effort.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
First time growing leeks, King Richard variety. From seed, 9/sq, seedlings buried about 8 inches, looked good a month ago:
Bigger and kinda falling all over now.
When do we get to eat them???
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Bigger and kinda falling all over now.
When do we get to eat them???
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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
You can start harvesting them as foon as they are as big around as your finger. Dont pull on them, lift a little from under the roots and then give each leek slow, gentle traction to release it from the soil.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
Kinda fussy little things aren't they? I never knew all this, thought they were big mild onions, which I guess they are....interesting!
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
I left a few of my leeks go to seed and when they finally dried on the stalks, I noticed that there were big bulbs left at the base- kind of looked like elephant garlic. I've plans to plant these, as they are showing signs of greening up on their tips, much the same as any other allium. Has anyone tried to cook with these? Also, is it better to just go ahead and plant these out- sort of like garlic cloves, in hopes of a selectively better generation of leek. Or just plant the seeds and wait.
Yardslave- Posts : 546
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
I would just harvest the seeds for later planting and leave the bulb in place.Yardslave wrote:I left a few of my leeks go to seed and when they finally dried on the stalks, I noticed that there were big bulbs left at the base- kind of looked like elephant garlic. I've plans to plant these, as they are showing signs of greening up on their tips, much the same as any other allium. Has anyone tried to cook with these? Also, is it better to just go ahead and plant these out- sort of like garlic cloves, in hopes of a selectively better generation of leek. Or just plant the seeds and wait.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
Trimmed to promote more growth.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
Aha...good idea. Will do. It will sure make watering easier.
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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: Leeks, I plan to grow them!
Glad you brought up trimming. I hadn't thought of doing it to leeks, I have only used this method to force onion bulbs to increase in size.
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