Leeks

Vinny, I'm sure you've told me countless times, but I've never understood how you shave leek heads. Could you explain it again please? I have a few leeks in flower at the moment but I've been leaving them to self seed at will.

Pretty simple reall veggie. Just shave alll the leek flowers off with some scissors and leave a long stubble. the leek should compensate for losing its flowers by producing leek grass,pods,pips or whatever you want to call them. When they have grown a bit tease them out and plant them. If you don't want to plant straight away the pips, usually without leaves are dried off (like mini onion sets) and put in an envelope and the accepted method is to put them behind a picture hanging on the wall (no idea why). After the turn of the year you can plant then into trays where they should grow. After that its a case of potting on instages until planting out after last frost date (2nd week in June around here) Simples!

Mine are just an experiment and wil probably come to nowt.................watch this space!

PS If you want seeds and vegetative growth, only shave half the head!