[juvenal]

Anyone else starting them indoors this early?

[Growster...]

Just thinking about them yesterday, Juvenal!

Space is limited for them now, so we'll just have them in potato sacks. They're a quid each in the shops at the moment...:0(

[mumofstig]

Another couple of weeks before I'll think about sowing mine

[rowlandwells]

that seems a god idea to me in a couple of weeks time will i need to start them of in a heated propagator  as I've always sowed much later in a cold greenhouse  ?     

[Christine]

Good grief we are still eating last year's leeks. Think we can wait a bit for sowing some more.

[DD.]

Good grief we are still eating last year's leeks. Think we can wait a bit for sowing some more.

I'm with you, still plenty of got at. I view them as a good standby winter crop and don't see much point in trying to crop them too early. I've also noted that crops intended of over-winter have a tendency to bolt if started too early.

[Potterer]

Im with Christine and DD, I sew them later to have as an overwintering crop. Ive got loads and must get on with eating more in case we have a warm next couple of months!

[Mr Dog]

Another vote for a (much) later sowing. Since I've started waiting until latish April/early May I get very few, if any, bolters and they still get to the same size. In fact a few spare seeds I threw in last June have developed into good sized leeks.

[TonyB.]

As a rule I only use Leeks in casseroles/stews so for me I don't use them till late autumn. Any need for onion is satisfied by shallots earlier in the year.

[jambop]

I buy my leeks at the local market... 100 good sized transplants for 6€ is a no brainer so no sowing for me.

[Growster...]

Varieties are so important with leeks anyway!

There is a vast difference between all three growing seasons, as we found out to our cost several years ago! We really only need them from November to March, so its Musselburgh or Winter Bandit.

[Nobbie]

I buy my leeks at the local market... 100 good sized transplants for 6€ is a no brainer so no sowing for me.

You're lucky, this sort of thing seems to have died out in the U.K. 30 years ago I could pickup bunches of brassica or leeks from the market, but never see it nowadays.