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Old 03-06-2008, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Sally View Post
Hi everyone,
I've got some young leeks that are looking really good just about now, I was wondering if I need to earth them up to make the stems white... is this true?
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Sal
i was told to make a hole with a broom handle about 10" deep and just dropped the leek in and filled the hole with water , the trick is not to fill the hole in with soil and this should blanch the leeks
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