musselburgh leeks

[hawthorns]

has anyone sown any of these seeds yet. my packet says they can be sown indoors in jan/feb.

[shirlthegirl43]

I intend getting some in soon. I have tried leeks the last 2 years but obviously left them too late for them to achieve any decent size. This year I am determined to give them their best chance.

[Seahorse]

I planted some on New Years Day. They've all come through

This was in an unheated propagator but indoors. That said, I'm still a beginner, so am pretty much bumbling around finding out what works for me!

[hawthorns]

seahorse when you looking to plant them out

[hawthorns]

shirl you gonna use a propagator

[shirlthegirl43]

shirl you gonna use a propagator

Nope, will sow in a flowerpot and keep on the kitchen windowsill.

[veg4681]

Thanks for the post Hawthorn. I have Musselburgh Leeks seeds too. I didn't know they could be sown now and what Seahorse, yours have grown already . I had better check/update my seeds spreadsheet if I'm missing this impt detail!

[shirlthegirl43]

Don't panic folks, they grow really slowly!

[smallblueplanet]

I think we've some of these, I recognise the name - when do they get planted out and when can you eat them?

[Seahorse]

seahorse when you looking to plant them out

I was sort of thinking I'd plant them out once they get too big for the propagator? I'd say that's a few weeks yet.

[hawthorns]

gonna sow some in my propagator this weekend. says to avoid frosts when planting out.

[shirlthegirl43]

You grow them on in pots until they are the thickness of a pencil, then plant out after your early spuds are lifted

[hawthorns]

on the subject of propagators has anyone tried doing lemon seeds/pips in heated proagators

[shirlthegirl43]

I think we've some of these, I recognise the name - when do they get planted out and when can you eat them?

You will be eating them next autumn/winter

[Hazel at the Hill]

Just to slap down your itchy sowing fingers a bit, Piglet reckons that if you sow them too early they are inclined to bolt.

I sowed mine towards the end of March last year (in a takeaway tray on the windowsill) and they sat quite happily in their tray outside in the courtyard until I planted them out mid June (after the first early spuds came up as Shirl says).

Started eating them mid Nov, and I've not had one bolt. My only error was in not sowing more of them