[mickeyboy]

I have grown some leeks from seed. They are now about 3-4" high and i am going to transplant into  3" pots as muntjak advised.

Do i plant them to the depth they are now or shall i plant them a bit deeper as they are beginning to lean over?

Also where should i keep the leeks in pots?

Cheers

[DD.]

A little deeper would not hurt. Are you able to get them outside? - cold greenhouse or cold frame, ideally. They don't want to be indoors - it's too warm, but it may shock them to go straight outside if you've had them inside.

Failing a cold greenhouse or frame, get them outside during the day, bring them in at night for a week or so. Then leave them outside.

Leeks are a very hardy plant and don't really need starting in a propagator, but now they are used to the great indoors, they need traeting gently!

[DD.]

As mentioned in other threads, this is how I deal with mine. Seed is planted about 1" apart in cat litter trays after making drainage holes. There is no disturbance of the seedling until it is pencil thick & ready to go in the ground. One tray is sufficient for 96 seedlings. I do two.

Hope photo is good enough to get the idea.

(Yes I know there are gaps, but they are still coming through!)

 

[Salkeela]

Digger... I've tried your method too... mine look very like these now - right down to the blue tray!

[DD.]

Digger... I've tried your method too... mine look very like these now - right down to the blue tray!

I don't believe it - someone who took notice of me!

[mickeyboy]

So would you say it is worth moving them from the modules into pots then digger?

It's just i started to worry as they are becoming quite long and whispy.

In future i will definitly go with the cat litter tray. I will aslo go and buy one of those small 3 tier plastic greenhouses at the weekend,

Cheers

[DD.]

They do grow long & whispy, but without seeing them, it's difficult to say whether they are too long & whispy.

If they are crammed in, personally I would tend to pot them up into whatever & give them a bit more space & then harden them off. Mine are in an unheated greenhouse & will go outside on the patio in due course to grow on, (usually when I've run out of room for the bedding plants)!

[mickeyboy]

i shall take a picture and try it upload it on to the site digger.

[mickeyboy]

can anyone tell me hoe i post photos on this site please??  I have tried copying and pasting but nothing appears to be working.
Thank you

[DD.]

can anyone tell me hoe i post photos on this site please??  I have tried copying and pasting but nothing appears to be working.
Thank you

Go to www.photobucket.com

Register & get yourself an account.

Then upload the photo to your album.

Under the photo are 3 links, one of which is 'IMG Code'

Highlight this, copy then paste this reference into your message.

[DD.]

Darn, just remembered there's a 'sticky' in the 'Welcome to the Forums' Forum, explaining how to do this. If you get lost with my explanation, have a look there - it's got pretty pictures. And you know what they say about pictures & words!

[mickeyboy]

Here we go Dave i hope this has worked mate

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[WG.]

[mickeyboy]

cheers whisky, i must have done something wrong :cry:

 I take it it was you that uploaded the pictures for me.

Thanks

[mickeyboy]

Sorry the garden looks such an eyesore we have just moved in!!!!!!