Transplanting leeks
You may perhaps recall that I have committed myself to growing more Autumn / Winter vegetables. With this in mind, I have got some leeks on the go. They are a variety called “Toledo”, which is a late-season type, ready for harvesting between November and February. It is also claimed to be very hardy, and have good resistance to bolting. I have only grown Leeks once before, not very successfully, so I am trying hard to do better this time.
I originally sowed the seeds three to a pot on 1st March, and they germinated very well. They had grown to a size where I felt they needed to be transplanted and separated, and I also felt that the compost in which they were sown was probably exhausted. It had developed a rather unpleasant sticky black surface.
I used my home-made dibber (a 6″ length of bamboo, sharp at one end and square at the other) to make a deep hole in the compost, and then slipped a leek seedling into the hole, carefully easing it into place with the dibber, before backfilling the hole with a little more compost.
Each leek now has a place of its own, with lots of room to grow, as well as a good depth of compost into which to put their roots. When the job was complete I gave them all a good watering to settle them in.
But being the person I am, I also kept the spares, even the four very tiny ones - just in case of casualties before planting-time!
The 4 tiny ones are in the bigger blue-and-white pot, at left! |
So here they all are, lined up next to the Brassicas which are also waiting their turn:
Source: http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/2014/04/transplanting-leeks.html
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