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    After I dig up my potatoes what would you suggest putting in.
    Thanks Simon

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    Whatever you've got waiting to go out ... for me, that's pumpkins and leeks
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      I always have lots of winter cabbages ready to plant out once a tattie row in finished.
      Roger
      Its Grand to be Daft...

      https://www.youtube.com/user/beauchief1?feature=mhee

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      • #4
        I've just sown another lot of Kelvedon Wonder peas. By the way, could you add your location to your profile please? Advice suitable for someone in Devon would not be appropriate for someone in the north of Scotland.

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        • #5
          Leeks for me, I can't grow brassicas to save my life
          WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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          • #6
            Originally posted by FionaH View Post
            Leeks for me, I can't grow brassicas to save my life
            If you are good at growing leeks, give me a tip please, I've tried to grow them, and all I've got is what looks like spring onions, have i been too early at planting them out

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Tattie-muncher View Post
              If you are good at growing leeks, give me a tip please, I've tried to grow them, and all I've got is what looks like spring onions, have i been too early at planting them out
              They've got a long time growing yet Tattiemuncher, they should thicken up OK.

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              • #8
                Mine have been outside since April, and they are about medium size now.....a good 6+ months growing is what I was told.

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                • #9
                  Traditionally leeks and spring cabbage would follow the spuds but TS put it quite succinctly. Whatever you've got

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Tattie-muncher View Post
                    If you are good at growing leeks, give me a tip please, I've tried to grow them, and all I've got is what looks like spring onions, have i been too early at planting them out
                    First tip is that they are gross feeders so make sure the leek bed has oodles of FYM/compost dug in. Give them plenty of space. I give mine 18" between rows and 6" between plants for kitchen leeks and lastly, remember that leeks will continue to grow right through the winter so now is too early to be despondent if they aren't very big yet.

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                    • #11
                      Sow them in modules in February, shove them in a corner of the garden till the spuds are finished, then plant out, simples
                      WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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                      • #12
                        As a row is dug up I am sowing either a row of lettuce, beetroots, radish etc. to give me successional sowing as I am short of space otherwise.
                        Last edited by Sanjo; 18-07-2011, 05:44 PM.

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                        • #13
                          I have red sprouts waiting to go in when the spuds are lifted. I forgot about leeks. Bu@@er.
                          Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                          • #14
                            My potatoes won't be out of there till August/September so I'm putting in garlic and onions. As for leeks you want to sow loads of them in something like an ice cream tub or a fruit punnet. I start indoors in Jan/Feb then put out into the blowaway once they're up. Around April plant the whole lot as a block in a corner (on the plot) somewhere and forget about em until June/July. By that time they will be nice and thick and easy to dib into their final positions. That's what I do anyways
                            Last edited by Shadylane; 19-07-2011, 10:40 AM.

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