Leeks

Look like it

I tried planting leeks in three potato bags this year, in decent compost and regularly watered.

The spacing was just a few inches - thirteen per bag, and the yield isn't that bad, although the plants nearest the wall they were up against, are much smaller.

The yield isn't bad for the area they're in, with the plants maxing at around an inch diameter, so I'll try again next year, in a different position!

Leeks are a fabulous veg, and a staple here! I saw some in a local shop at 90p each yesterday...!

Rust is a real problem for me regarding Garlic but strangely not so much with the leeks. The problem is it is very wet here during the winter and into early spring and that is the best time to grow it here in my opinion. There is a lot of it produced nearby so they must have access to some potion to apply which prevents it taking hold... I think I will inquire 

In other years the Ally Miner hasn’t kept strictly to its allotted time slots either, nor has the leek moth. We get both so ours are covered with ultrafine mesh from the start and it's left on until well into winter.