Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Spr0ut on June 19, 2014, 18:18
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I am running out of space to transplant my leeks, but the autumn planted garlic is due for harvesting.
Am I asking for trouble following the garlic with leeks if this is one bed in one year?
My gut feeling is don't do it!
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I wouldn't ...............I've already got white rot on my plot, and wouldn't want anyone else to have it, by giving it ideal conditions :(
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Good point Mum. I was thinking white rot could result from growing onions/leeks/garlic in the same bed the following year, but wondered if I could get away with two onion tribe plants in the same year - but I do feel you are right; too great a risk and years of regret if I attract white rot.
Plan B will be to transplant my leeks 4 inch apart rather than 6" as we like them small and tender rather than big anyway and I already have some planted 6" apart so we'll already have some big ones. That way I should get them all in - sound like a plan?
- and plant out an early maturing pea like Early Onward to replace the garlic, so the peas are harvested before the close of the growing year.
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peas or dwarf French beans ;)