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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Aidy on October 30, 2012, 11:06

Title: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: Aidy on October 30, 2012, 11:06

On a recent visit to Japan I came across Bonsai Leeks  ???

Here is the entire Leek crop for 2012!!!!

(http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q75/Aidypunk/IMG-20121029-00008.jpg)

Title: Re: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: gavinjconway on October 30, 2012, 11:55

I grew a packet of mini leeks one year in a pot... they grew to pencil thickness only..

Title: Re: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: DD. on October 30, 2012, 12:25

No cause for complaint, then.

Mini is what you got!  :lol:

Title: Re: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: gavinjconway on October 30, 2012, 12:42

Me no complain DD - just adding my factual message  :D   :D   :D

Title: Re: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: Aidy on October 30, 2012, 15:17

The packet said Autumn Giant!!!!!  :(

Title: Re: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: gavinjconway on October 30, 2012, 15:20

But you should have left them to overwinter as they are still growing..

Title: Re: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: New shoot on October 30, 2012, 16:24

Quote from: Aidy on October 30, 2012, 15:17

The packet said Autumn Giant!!!!!  :(

I think you've been had there  ;)  :lol:

My autumn ones are a bit bigger than that, but they suffered slow growth early on and I know they are not a winter hardy variety, so they will get eaten up soon.

The winter ones are also smaller than usual, but they have a bit of time yet.  Will eat my way through the plot to them in time  :)

Title: Re: Bonsai Leeks
Post by: Aidy on October 30, 2012, 16:25

Quote from: gavinjconway on October 30, 2012, 15:20

But you should have left them to overwinter as they are still growing..

They went in April, the same size! no root development etc. Just been one of those years. We have very sandy soil here and anything below ground has either rotted or simply not grown from June onwards, our plots have been underwater for most of the summer and owt that was put in was washed away.
Roll on next year.