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New to the site as a poster although i have been reading and learning from it for some time. Me and a friend took on an allotment in march this year and have split it into 10 beds of different sizes. One bed has new potatoes which we have started harvesting. what can i put there once we have eaten them all up?
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Hi Squashy,
I usually plant out my leeks where the spuds have been taken from. Happy Gardening and good luck with the allotmentIf someone approaching you does not have a smile on their face...give them one of yours. -
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wow that was a pretty quick reply..thanks very muchComment
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Ahhh! that's where the clever bit comes in...........having stuff available to fill a bed with another crop once you've emptied the first!
Clever cloggs me has got two different types of leeks, purple sprouting broccoli, Redbor and Tuscan kale and savoy cabbage all in large pots waiting to go in when other crops are harvested. Spring cabbage have still to be sown and japanese onion sets have yet to be purchased. Garlic and broad beans will also be sown a bit later.My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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Yep, leeks for us too! Leeks follow spuds, red cabbage and spring cabbage follow the overwintering onions and garlic, along with pak choi! Overwintering Garlic, onion sets and broad beans follow on from sweetcorn, squashes and pumpkins! 2 sets of crops per bed would be the ideal, but as long as we're using as much as we can, then we're happy!Blessings
Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby)
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I've got spuds in the garden (to be followed by Purple Sprouting Broccoli) and in the allotment (to be followed by leeks and Spring Cabbage.) As Snadger said, the secret's having them ready. You can sow Spring Cab in July, either in a seed bed (rake down your spud patch really well) or, as I prefer, in pots or modules. Then I can get the plants to a sufficient size to cope with The Big Wide World of the open ground.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Re leeks in the potato beds. Is there any point in starting from seed now? It looks as if I'm too late but I just thought I'd ask.A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)
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I was going to put leeks after my spuds, but then read in GYO that you shouldn't. But all of you do. Now I'm confused.......Comment
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Why shouldn't you?Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I've also got a shed load of brassicas and leeks to go in. I've put them into a seed bed until they are ready to go in. Interested as to why GYO says not to...
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Scarey - same question from me! I have some very tiny leeks in a seed tray but they wont fill my new tattie bed. Is it too late to sow more seeds now?Last edited by moggssue; 25-06-2008, 09:56 AM.Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance
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i would also like to know the answer to this. Also, can you sow leeks straight into the ground?Comment
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GYO did not reccommend as it stated leeks prefer a firmer ground - ie not just dug upComment
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I sowed some leek seeds recently, they are just showing their faces now. I think you could sow leek seeds now, you'd just get a later crop - maybe a little bit smaller than earlier sowings, but I'm just guessing - I've never successfully grown anything over winter, I'm going at it full force this year!! Good luck!!!
Jennifer
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