[Kleftiwallah]

Hello everyone,
                         our few leeks and swedes are looking very very sad.  Should I lift and store them?

Cheers,  Tony.

[bayleaf]

I would have thought no. Just leave them and see how they are once we have a thaw. (Monday hopefully)

[AnneB]

Hello everyone,
                         our few leeks and swedes are looking very very sad.  Should I lift and store them?

Cheers,  Tony.

I think it partly depends on the variety you have.  For leeks I am growing Bleu de Solaise that will stand very well in winter.  Fingers crossed

[Snow]

All swedes should have stood that weather fine, they take all sorts of weather. And taste better after frost

And agree about the leeks, I also have blue de solaise and they are looking fine right now, should be good eating through to april. My bulgarian giant though are looking rather sad, I had hoped they would have been OK. But the earlier thinner leeks usually need eaten by the time we get frosts like that

[Mr Dog]

All swedes should have stood that weather fine, they take all sorts of weather. And taste better after frost

And agree about the leeks, I also have blue de solaise and they are looking fine right now, should be good eating through to april. My bulgarian giant though are looking rather sad, I had hoped they would have been OK. But the earlier thinner leeks usually need eaten by the time we get frosts like that

I picked a small swede during the recent cold snap and when I got it home found it to be frozen all the way through. Never seen that before but it tasted good!
As well as Bleu de S I've got some Jaune du Poitou in which despite supposedly being less hardy I've never had issues with if they end up standing over winter. Biggest problem I usually have is keeping rust in check although there's not much about this year, yet. Some moth damage though.