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RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Veggie - 30-08-2021
Yes, you can eat them - but I don't.
Maybe next year!
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Veggie - 30-08-2021
Spurred on by this thread, I've just collected this year's seed heads - 7 but each one should have 10-20 bulbils.
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Small chilli - 02-05-2022
Veggie, are these big enough to harvest?
I stuck the secateurs in the pot for size reference.
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Think they’ll be getting a bigger pot when they die back this year.
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Veggie - 02-05-2022
Probably - I've never harvested one!! Leave the base in the pot to grow on - cut it down to an inch or two above soil level.
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Small chilli - 02-05-2022
Thanks. I’ll harvest one tomorrow.
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Veggie - 02-05-2022
Let me know what its like.
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - PyreneesPlot - 03-05-2022
Are there other beast like this?
We have a wild onion sort of thing that produces heads that grow. It's a bit of a nuisance really because it loves growing through weed matting rather than open ground and is impossible to remove.
Perhaps I've been missing a culinary gem, or at least food for free!
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Veggie - 03-05-2022
AFAIK all alliums are edible, some better than others.
Babingtons look like elephant garlic but EGs have the cloves at the base, whilst Babs tend to split at the base and multiply that way and with bulbils. They taste similar.
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Small chilli - 04-05-2022
(02-05-2022, 07:16 PM)Veggie Wrote: Let me know what its like.They’re nice. Very mild leek flavour.
RE: Wild/Perennial/Babington leeks - Veggie - 04-05-2022
Was it tough/stringy?