Leek seed germination.

[Bren In Pots]

I usually end up with a bit of soil in my leeks but not a lot that it causes a problem.

[Scoot]

There's only a little bit in so hopefully it'll be alright.

[Penellype]

Its hard not to get soil in them if you bury them deeply to get a nice long white part. The way to deal with it when you harvest the leeks is to cut them lengthways about half way through, open them like a book and rinse under running water from the root end downwards. You can usually see if there is any grit in there by easing the layers apart near the leaf joints. I always do this with leeks whether home grown or bought.

[Scoot]

Its hard not to get soil in them if you bury them deeply to get a nice long white part. The way to deal with it when you harvest the leeks is to cut them lengthways about half way through, open them like a book and rinse under running water from the root end downwards. You can usually see if there is any grit in there by easing the layers apart near the leaf joints. I always do this with leeks whether home grown or bought.

Thanks for the tip. I shall do it that way when I harvest them.

Is it worth putting loo role collars on them when they get bigger to blanch the stem more?

[Bigmallly]

Is it worth putting loo role collars on them when they get bigger to blanch the stem more?

You can do Scoot but they may rot, I use plastic pipe.......32mm, 40mm, 63mm...........whatever I can lay my hands on.

[Bill HH]

2 leeks about 1 1/2 inches across were priced at £1.30 in our local co op! Its an utter joke.

[Scoot]

You can do Scoot but they may rot, I use plastic pipe.......32mm, 40mm, 63mm...........whatever I can lay my hands on.

Good point. How do you collar them exactly as I've never done it before. Do you just have the top of the collar up to where the leaf growth bit is and then put bigger collars on them the bigger they get?