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Didn't want to start a new thread but thought you may be interested in my latest experiment. I harvested a leek seedhead that I had shaved so it would produce leek 'grass'. I had it standing in a glass of water for a while before deciding to strip down the individual leeks. What a boring job that is. Normally this would be done in early October but life got in the way at that time so i'm doing it now.
Last year I planted each leeklet individually into seed trays but because of the very cold winter ast year, and even though the plans looked great when Iplanted them out, they all very soon sent up seed heads. I pulled them all up and immediatly planted leeks I had grown from seed and they flourished and are still growing now.
I digress, this year I decided to try and get the leeklets started on damp kitchen roll placed in the bottom of a plastic tray that had chicken thighs in it originally. I tried to stand them up around the edge but had far too many to do that so the rest are just lying in the centre of the tray waiting for me to find another tray and stand those up as well! Once they get a few roots formed I will pot them up but don't know what to do with them after that as the cold greenhouse didn't work last year as the year before it did!
Last year I planted each leeklet individually into seed trays but because of the very cold winter ast year, and even though the plans looked great when Iplanted them out, they all very soon sent up seed heads. I pulled them all up and immediatly planted leeks I had grown from seed and they flourished and are still growing now.
I digress, this year I decided to try and get the leeklets started on damp kitchen roll placed in the bottom of a plastic tray that had chicken thighs in it originally. I tried to stand them up around the edge but had far too many to do that so the rest are just lying in the centre of the tray waiting for me to find another tray and stand those up as well! Once they get a few roots formed I will pot them up but don't know what to do with them after that as the cold greenhouse didn't work last year as the year before it did!
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