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Serpent leeks - Veggie - 21-06-2021

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Serpent leeks - never grown these before! Fascinating things - as they're about to flower, the heads rear up like serpents about to strike. 
Quite rare, it seems. Smile

RE: Serpent leeks - Vinny - 21-06-2021

If you say so veggie! Rolleyes

I'm with Indiana Jones on this one...........I HATE snakes! Cry

RE: Serpent leeks - Veggie - 21-07-2021

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The Serpent leeks are still alive and growing - despite being out of the ground and not watered for over a month.

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At the base of the leek the baby serpent eggs are growing, each of these will hatch and grow into another Serpent leek.


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The flowers are attracting bees and hoverflies, maybe there'll be some serpent seeds too. Big Grin

RE: Serpent leeks - Vinny - 21-07-2021

I  put mine in the compost heap and they were buried under other compost material. They still managed to rear there heads through the rest of the compost. Cry

RE: Serpent leeks - Veggie - 21-07-2021

They like somewhere warm to hatch. Smile

RE: Serpent leeks - Small chilli - 22-07-2021

If you get enough serpent leek seeds to share. I’d be very happy to find some in my seed swap collection  Big Grin  Big Grin .

RE: Serpent leeks - Veggie - 22-07-2021

You probably have some already. Wink

RE: Serpent leeks - Small chilli - 22-07-2021

(22-07-2021, 08:33 AM)Veggie Wrote: You probably have some already. Wink
If there not Musselburgh then I don’t have them   Wink .  I think you should just change their name to serpent leeks officially. Big seed companies do it all the time. Don’t see why you can’t  Big Grin .

RE: Serpent leeks - Veggie - 22-07-2021

Not sure what their original name was - maybe Bleu de solaise from Real seeds?
I've created Serpents from all sorts of leeks - its a simple technique, perfect for the lazy and forgetful gardener. Smile

RE: Serpent leeks - Broadway - 22-07-2021

(22-07-2021, 09:56 AM)Veggie Wrote: Not sure what their original name was - maybe Bleu de solaise  from Real seeds?
I've created Serpents from all sorts of leeks - its a simple technique, perfect for the lazy and forgetful gardener. Smile
Are these them Veggie?

https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_1389B_rocambole