[DD.]

I suggest a search on leeks would bring better results for you. 

Here's the link referred to...

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=26363.0

[Eatyourgreens]

I consider the invention of the English dictionary to be the blackest day in world history, it condemned hundreds of really intelligent people like me to menial jobs or even becoming politicians.


So I will spell it Leak, sometimes Leek or even sometimes the old Saxon way of Leic or Liec when I want to, so there 

But if you want to do a search then using LEEK is probably best 

[senrab_nhoj]

dwarf beans... I grew borlotti beans for late harvest last year after my earlies came up

Liking this idea a lot 
When did you harvest them? Did you have to cloche the plants later in the season? Sorry for the questions but I would like to know what I am letting myself in for if I do this  -- I have more 'spud space' than I will need for leeks   

No cloches... just cut the plants and hung them up in the greenhouse to dry the pods.

The beans are also a 'green manure' in the nitrogen fixing capability

[sunshineband]

Thank you for that. I've never put them in that late so am glad to hear that you still get worthwhile crop 

[herbiegrowsbananas]

Hiya

My potatoes are growing in big pots, buckets, potato bags, you name it, lol. They're all in 5 year old manure, so can I grow my leeks on in them after I dig up my potatoes?

I'm happy to just pop one in each pot, cos I've got 40 pots and I've planted my leeks a little too close in a raised bed so was hoping to move some on...

Would love advice,
Thanks
Herbie

[SnooziSuzi]

I WAS planning on putting beans in after mine, but more recently I have decided to grow a bean screen so I can't see the old fella across from me but that's a whole other story

I think Leeks will go in mine too

[Eatyourgreens]

Hiya

My potatoes are growing in big pots, buckets, potato bags, you name it,

Herbie

Not saying you can't use LEIC's because anything is possible, but the point of using LEEK's in an area already used for early spuds, is that the LEAK's are a winter crop so don't need to go in early anyway and then they sit all winter, pots and tubs may well freeze solid and be a problem, you could look at the Bean option, sow the beans now in pots, and then plant out when ready.


Bob

PS Please excuse speelling 

[Parsnip]

I may be in the minority here, but I don't like leeks...


I hadn't thought about the spcae after the spuds have gone either...

[beansticks]

Still plenty of time for a row of peas or swede.

[DD.]

Still plenty of time for mildew if you sow peas late. (You may get lucky!).

[BigPaddy]

Leics for me too.

Mildew and chips is lovely.

Spilling is not imprved bye teh use of computrs. I lve iit.