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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: bowler on September 28, 2010, 16:31

Title: leeks
Post by: bowler on September 28, 2010, 16:31

hi have set some leeks not looking very healthy,have been told by a fellow gardener to chop them off 25 mm from ground and they will recover any advice would be welcome

Title: Re: leeks
Post by: RichardA on September 28, 2010, 16:37

never ever heard that one -- can't see how that would work so with my limited knowldge I can only say I would not do it. Interested to see what others think though - there is a wealth of experience out there.
R

Title: Re: leeks
Post by: DD. on September 28, 2010, 16:54

You must have missed this thread then, Richard.  :lol:

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=65249.0

Title: Re: leeks
Post by: mumofstig on September 28, 2010, 17:05

Do they have caterpillars or are they just looking a bit sorry for themselves, is the question....I think :unsure:

Title: Re: leeks
Post by: RichardA on September 28, 2010, 17:06

Thanks DD - cutting off affected foliage is one thing -- I can see how leeks might recover from that especailly if only a small proportion of leaves affected but bowler describes advice given to cut off the leeks an inch above the ground - I can't see how that would lead to anything but a stagnant leek or one that gets dirty and rots.
I admit I have never had the problem so dont know.
R

Title: Re: leeks
Post by: DD. on September 28, 2010, 18:02

This is from a quarterly RHS bulletin:

If all else fails and your crop has been badly infected you can always cut the foliage off your leeks and they will re-grow, albeit somewhat smaller.

Title: Re: leeks
Post by: binner on September 28, 2010, 21:42

i can see how that could work, its only rearly the white part under the soil we eat