[rachelsco]

my leeks were planted early feb in deepish trays, and are growing well in my plastic green house, although they are not pencil thickness yet.  i was hoping to put them in after my first earlies come out, but as everything seems so slow this year , (my maincrop spuds are bigger then my earlies   anyway what i wondered was do they need a feed while in the trays, id hate them to starve to death while awaiting their permanent home.

any advice from you experienced folks appreciated, thanks

[DD.]

Having been that long in trays, the nutrients could well be depleted. I'd given them a drop of something.

[rachelsco]

thanks dd, do you think they'd like tomorite, or similar, or blood fish bone?

[DD.]

Mine have never said no to Tomorite, they need a quick fix, bfb would be a slower release.

To be honest, I picked up some cheap liquid plant food from Tesc* and my stuff in trays/modules seem to be quite liking it.

[compostqueen]

I think liquid seaweed is good too, for everything in the garden, not just the veg

[AnneB]

I like liquid seaweed too.  It boosted my runner beans very well last year.

[Growster...]

Interesting points here, because my leeks are particularly uninspiring so far, although they'll reach the required size to plant out in about five weeks time.

Perhaps a bit of nettle tea would help, as they really need growth at this stage.

I'll try it and report back.

[Growster...]

I like liquid seaweed too.  It boosted my runner beans very well last year.

So does nettle tea Anne - they devoured it all!