[little sweetpeas]

Leeks - The one vegetable I really wanted to grow myself has been attacked by slugs and snails.  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Is it too late to sow some more?

I started with 40 and now I'm lucky if there's 10 left.

[WG.]

It is getting a bit late so I'd recommend you re-sow, broadcast, very thinly into final position.  The aim being to grow baby leeks.

If you only want big leeks then maybe you could buy plants from a nursery?

I've never known leeks to be eaten by slugs/snails - have you witnessed them in action?  Might be cutworm?

[little sweetpeas]

YES,

Picked off 6 snails and two slugs.  I'm really gutted as they were doing so well.

Maybe I'll do as suggested sow so more and see how much they are at the garden centre.

[WG.]

Out of interest - were these started indoors?  I reckon the snails/slugs are going for the soft growth.  I don't get (or don't notice) any slug damage on leeks I sow direct outdoors.  I start them under glass which is removed as soon as they break the surface.

[little sweetpeas]

Actually these were started in large trough like containers out side, glass on top until they came through.

I do need to get my head around what has happened to aviod the same thing happening next year. Will try to sow them direct next year I think.

[WG.]

Strange - that is virtually the same as direct sowing.  Maybe the slugs were particularly hungry after the dry April weather???

Does anyone else out there get heavy slug / snail damage to leeks ??

[lucywil]

i hope not, i transplanted 130 leeks at the weekend and didn't think to put slug pellets down, perhaps i ought to go and have a look at them!

[mercury]

Strange - that is virtually the same as direct sowing.  Maybe the slugs were particularly hungry after the dry April weather???

Does anyone else out there get heavy slug / snail damage to leeks ??

Leeks are the only thing my slugs don't bother with, mind you, they're yorkshire slugs, must be ard little * darn sarf    

[little sweetpeas]

The only thing I can think of is that the containers were next to some peas.  I have never noticed any slugs near them before which is why I'm so upset as i could have protected them against slugs.

[DD.]

Never had a slug or anything else problem with leeks.

[little sweetpeas]

Although I found them in the container is it possible that some thing else may have eaten them?

God why my leeks  :roll:

[slow_worm]

Actually these were started in large trough like containers out side, glass on top until they came through.

I do need to get my head around what has happened to aviod the same thing happening next year. Will try to sow them direct next year I think.

I always use anti-mollusc measures when you first plant seedlings out... even if it means compromising on being 'organic' for few weeks!  Slug Pellets at the ready!

[steampig]

Never had a slug or anything else problem with leeks.

Me neither, I have plenty of slug damage elsewhere, but they seem to leave leeks and onions alone

[little sweetpeas]

do birds eat them??

[WG.]

Was it previously in grass?  Doc Hessayon says eelworm can kill leek seedlings but I've never seen it.

And Cabbage Moth "leaves eaten above ground level"