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Mine are growing nicely. Hopefully by next year they’ll be in the ground or at least a bigger pot.

My starter "pack" was a couple of leeks in a MFB and a handful of bulbils.
Can't remember where I planted this year's leeklings. I remember thinking that I'd plant them somewhere different and that I'd recognise them when they were mature from their seedheads. Maybe I will..................maybe I won't ever see them again!!

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Thought you might be interested to see where I saw Wild Leeks for the first time - and made me want to grow them.
Flat Holm island in the middle of the Bristol Channel - where I've spent many happy hours. 
If you think I'm mad, imagine how you'd feel if you'd counted every leek head on an island!!
Actually, I've never taken part in the leek count, only the Gull count and that was a lot smellier.

Flat Holm Island Official

We’ve just completed our wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum) count, which totalled nearly 2,000.

The annual survey of the striking flowering plant has taken place on FlatHolm since 1997.

Numbers can vary greatly from year-to-year, with the lowest figure of 1,715 recorded in 1998, and the highest in 2015 at almost 6,000.

How many are on Denny?

No idea - never been there

I'm planting the ones I got from you Veggie, back into the ground in the new garden tomorrow. I have no idea where they will live long term, but I'm thinking they'll be happier in the ground than in a pot

I love the thought that the leeks from this garden have "children" all over the UK. (slight exaggeration but you know what I mean).

They've been very happy at the old house too Veggie! Beautiful clump of them now. They weren't too impressed when I had to put them in a pot to move though. The rhubarb is bouncing back better, for example, so the leeks are going in first

They'll be dying back soon anyway so don't worry about them, they're as tough as old boots.

I can see the joy of perpetuating a scarce plant, but can you eat them too?