Leeks getting smaller!

[Marb67]

Well I planted out all my leeks this Summer which as you can see got off to a decent start. Y ou can see the deterioration as they have become thin and wispy for absolutely no reason I can fathom. Since the latest photo was taken they have got even smaller. Some have even disappeared!


And why does this site, after uploading an image, state "error - please upload at least 1 photo" ?

[Nicos]

No idea why it does that marb. Seems to do it all the time for you.
Anyone else get that?

Your leeks are looking much like my second lot of sowings

[Penellype]

My leeks look like that too.

[Marb67]

Same last year with shop bought sowings. Happens with spring onions also.

[Marb67]

Here they are yesterday still no bigger. Sean James Cameron on YouTube planted his around the same time and are now huge.

[Snoop Puss]

I have better luck with leeks if I plant them in clusters of three or four about 30 cm apart each way between clusters. They don't grow into absolutely enormous whoppers, but a fair size, as shown in my avatar photo.

Not sure it's worth comparing yourself with a YouTuber, Marb. I bet they only show you the good ones, not the feeble ones.

[Nicos]

Mine are much the same tbh marb. My spring onions were bigger!!!!

[Mark Rand]

If it's any consolation, I harvested three today. They're all infested with allium leaf miner* and the three of them made one medium leek's worth.


*Extra protein?

[peacegarden2024]

you are aware
1.leeks a slow growing and most varieties
take over 100 day from seed germination till harvest.
leeks are heavy nitrogen feederand need be kept well watered.

[Nicos]

Here’s an interesting thread from a few years ago about feeding leeks…..

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...-feeding-leeks