[starry]

they are currently growing in small seed trays in my conservatory and are now about an inch high what can I transfer them into now ? I will be transferring them to my allotment eventually. I have done  a search but there is nothing relevant  

[mumofstig]

transfer to a cat litter tray or window box.

You've made a lot of work for yourself as you could have sown them at the correct spacing like this

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=26363.msg312300#msg312300

[mattwragg94]

ive just recently transfered mine into modules, people also put them in paper pots - creates less disturbance

[starry]

transfer to a cat litter tray or window box.

You've made a lot of work for yourself as you could have sown them at the correct spacing like this

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=26363.msg312300#msg312300

Thank you but its not a problem as I am not growing large amounts 

[DD.]

Mum's nicked my link again!

As for less root disturbance, leeks don't mind it a bit. The tops and most of the roots get chopped of mine prior to transplanting. I - and a lot of others - grow a couple of hundred or more. Not doing those in paper pots!

[mattwragg94]

yeh i heard about people trimming them but i didnt know if it made them more prone to disease?

[DD.]

If it were so, we wouldn't have been doing it for generations.

There is a debate over trim/no trim, but not over whether it lets in disease. Leeks are very tough - look at what they have to sit through over winter.

[mattwragg94]

i havent seen the thread over the trim or no trim, sorry i didnt mean to go down a different path

[Yorkie]

We're quite good about different paths here... 

[DD.]

Don't worry Matt, the debate, or is is debates (?), was well before your time and is well buried. It will no doubt pop up again this year.

The main concern over leeks at the moment is leek moth. Got to the Midlands and heading north.