[DavidT]

I would be inclined to hang fire on any seed sowing until after this cold spell finishes.

[bigben]

Phill I got my allotment notice Christmas eve and since then have only managed a few days working on it before the snows arrived. It is a jungle and I plan on going to hack down brambles in the snow tommorow since there is nothing else useful I can do. But I ordered my Cat litter trays on Amazon just half an hour ago so I am ready to get started with my leeks. I will probably hang on a bit cos last year I started at the end of Jan indoors - (yes I know they are meant to be outdoors but last year was my first year growing them!) - Most of them went to seed so lesson learnt. I still have a few leeks buried under snow - rumour has it the cold improves the flavour?

[DavidT]

Just out of curiosity, what`s with  the use of litter trays? What`s wrong with good old fashioned seed trays?

[DD.]

Litter trays are twice as deep - more room for root growth.

If it's good enough for Medwyn Williams.......

[DavidT]

Just wondered, but I just grow them to eat, not to sell or show.

[mumofstig]

I did find mine easier to transplant from the litter trays, 'cos the roots go down rather than get tangled as they do in a seed tray. It worked well for me, this year, as they didn't go in until after the early potatoes were dug.
I suppose you would get untangled roots by sowing in modules, but I think you would have to transplant them earlier than I did.

[DavidT]

If the roots get tangled you just tease them gently apart.

[DD.]

This saves you the bother. Double

[DavidT]

  But I can grow edible leeks WITHOUT spending extra money on litter trays.

[Elcie]

If the roots get tangled you just tease them gently apart.

I used a suggestion which is in one of John's books to soak them in water first.  Came apart really easily.

[DD.]

You do it your way. I and others reserve the right to do our our way.

[hamstergbert]

There are eighty seven ways
To raise your leeks these days.
And every single one of them - is right.

[Yabba]

Such poetry,it brings a tear to my eye :'(

Tad long for a haiku though? ... /me rushes off to ask googy what *it* says a haiku is, cos googy knows all :|

Hmmm ... apparently it depends on your definition of "mora" ... according to the wiki god

The internet has almost as many gods as our ancestors ... as much a things change they stay the same eh?

Just in case .. Appreciated the poetic comment

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