[Auntiemogs]

I always think getting them out of the trays prunes them enough - but I am clumsy 

I think with the tipping and the twizzling the poor dears have been through enough and I am overjoyed if they are at a 'plump' biro refill stage before they go in.  

[Growster...]

I have a can of water nearby when planting out.

That way, if the roots are unruly, and won't drop down the hole easily, you can dip them in the water and they'll gather to a point and go in as easy as that!

[compostqueen]

I trimmed the roots on mine as they were huge    I grew them in a really long pot, like a flower bucket.   The plants were thin but they were congested in the pot but I dare say they will fill out in their dibbed holes made with a useful walking stick 

[JayG]

I don't trim my leeks and they seem to do pretty well, but I have no way of knowing whether they would do better if trimmed first without doing yet another "side-by-side" experiment. 

(My small box of leeks will be going on holiday with me to Herefordshire in a week or so's time as my first earlies aren't ready to dig yet and I have nowhere else to plant them out, plus I don't trust my neighbour to water them properly. Don't laugh!)   

[compostqueen]

  Sorry I just had to. 

I trimmed some of them, not all, just in case. Hedging my bets as it were

Last year I made nice fat, round deep holes and planted spring onions by mistake. I felt a right fool when I got home and found the pot of leeklets on the bench.  I had to go back and disinter the spring onions and replant when no-one was looking 

[mumofstig]

Jay and CQ - 

Sorry I just had to. 

 

[sunshineband]

Honestly CQ and Jay, what are you like 

[Growster...]

Sorry I just had to. 

I trimmed some of them, not all, just in case. Hedging my bets as it were

Last year I made nice fat, round deep holes and planted spring onions by mistake. I felt a right fool when I got home and found the pot of leeklets on the bench.  I had to go back and disinter the spring onions and replant when no-one was looking 

That's quite an achivement CQ...:0)

[compostqueen]

  

[Madame Cholet]

I don't trim my leeks and they seem to do pretty well, but I have no way of knowing whether they would do better if trimmed first without doing yet another "side-by-side" experiment. 

just consulted Joy Larkholm, my heroine,  grow your own veg book. She says that Belgian experiments suggest that trimming leeks lowers thier yeald


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[Kirpi]

It always feels a bit cruel to top and tail leeks, but then when they're grown I end up chopping them up alive and frying them!

[Madame Cholet]

making my mouth water