Leeks - not impressed!

Plant 'em deep or earth up.
Could do something like this

Just dibble a hole around eight inches deep, drop the leek seedling in after trimming the long roots to about two or three inches, make sure it has reached the bottom, then just water then in!

The elements will fill the hole covering the roots pretty soon, and there you have it!

I've not been very successful with the deep hole and letting the soil fall in naturally so will be trying small sections of rainwater pipes which I had better results with years ago.....different site so who knows how they will fair.
TBH seedlings never seem to get to the "pencil thickness" recommended, always planting long thin seedlings??

Hi Tony

plan on using approx 12 inch lengths of pipe, use dibber and drop in the seedling,I don't cut the roots unless very long and water. When they look to have taken I'll push the pipe in a few inches and firm around the outside of the pipe. Our ground is a bit heavy and not anticipating them blowing over, and will also be netting them.
Not looking for show standards, just an improvement on what I'm getting.
Of course I'm talking about 10years plus since using this technique and it may be a case of everything used to be better in the old days 

Looks like a poly tunnel is a big help !

Last year my OH told me not to just plant the leeks in the dibbed hole but to fill the hole with soil afterwards.
Not sure if it made any difference. Wondering why you let the rain wash the soil in because, whichever way you do it, you're going to get a bit of soil between the leaves.

When I plant leeks I water them in causing the soil to fill up the holes and don't wait for the rain.   ;)Cheers,  Tony.

Yep, water the side of the hole so it collapses in .
If you water actually into the hole you can float the leek out .