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Leeks

Started this discussion. Last reply by kim bowers Apr 2. 4 Replies

any suggestions, my leeks seem to…Continue

Potting on ...root veg

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jenny Pipes May 18, 2011. 10 Replies

Ok :-)I'm a real gardening novice in my 2nd year of growing vegetables in a small converted area of my garden. Over the w.end i spent an hour in the rain potting on some swede seedlings that i'd put…Continue

 

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kim bowers replied to kim bowers's discussion Leeks
"Thanks Trevor, i got distracted with other gardening jobs today but 1st on my list of jobs tomorrow will be pot on the leeks i have and may even sow a few more in like you say a bigger deeper pot :-) "
Apr 2
Trevor Alun Davies replied to kim bowers's discussion Leeks
"Mine used to look like this, Kim, and I used to pot them on. Now I sow them in boxes that are about 6 inches deep, and leave them there until ready to plant out. My leeks aren't any better, but it's a lot less work!"
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"wow great looking leeks x"
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kim bowers replied to kim bowers's discussion Leeks
"Brilliant thanks colin, i'll pot them on tomorrow :-) "
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Colin Robinson replied to kim bowers's discussion Leeks
"A lot of things seem to have stopped growing in this cold. Yours are nowhere near being ready to plant out and should be potted on.The books recommend getting them to pencil thickness but mine are never that fat and they still produce good…"
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Leeks

any suggestions, my leeks seem to have stopped growing, can't decide if i should pot on or plant out under cover ??This is my 1st attempt at growing leeks and already learnt that perhaps they may of done better started off in a deepish pot.See More
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Comment Wall (4 comments)

At 11:45 on May 16, 2011, Stephen Byrne said…
Welcome, Kim. Thanks for the kind words. You seem pretty organised yourself. Where would we be without our 4-shelf greenhouses?! Steve
At 15:54 on May 16, 2011, Wendy Atkinson said…
Thank you Kim, Now my aim is to get the garden looking as good as yours!
At 16:16 on May 16, 2011, Zoe said…
You look so well organised!!!  I didn't label anything this year & have found I'm never sure what's going to pop up.
At 16:30 on May 16, 2011, Zoe said…
No such thing as too many seedlings.  You just need more space.  If you have a Morrisons near you they sell black flower pots - 99p for 8 pots & are about the size of a bucket (10 & 15ltr).  Really good for growing in & so cheap its silly.  I'm using them for all my tomatoes this year & so far they are significantly better than grow bags.

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Think we're ready now ....

Posted on March 8, 2013 at 9:11 0 Comments

Wow we have been busy, making the most of last weekends very nice weather we've managed to sort out and tidy our veg plot.

Before we started we just had the 2 raised beds but after some hard work and shoveling we now have 3…

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Poundshop tomatoes

Posted on February 14, 2013 at 16:16 0 Comments

Mini pack included 50 seeds but only sown 6 and got 100% germination :-) not bad.

So far so good ..... day 8

Posted on February 6, 2013 at 17:41 6 Comments

Well a quick update on my early sown seeds.

Day 8

I now have a few seedlings .. leeks, tomatoes and marigolds have all popped up :-)

Nothing happening yet in the chilli and pepper propergator but  not giving up on them yet.

I think at the end of the month i'll…

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Well i've done it now ...

Posted on January 29, 2013 at 22:20 3 Comments

i've gone and sown my 1st lot of veggies for this year, only a handful of each mind.  I've done about 5 - 6 tomato seeds from a small kit i got from Poundland that included a mini propergater and then in other slightly bigger propergaters i've sown chilli's, pepper's, leek's and marigold's.

I think in about 3 - 4…

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