Grabbing The Leeks By The Collar

We harvested quite a lot of beans, paprikas and tom…but it was also time to collar the leeks. I am two weeks or so too late, but other chores took precidence. We can harvest the leeks in two or three weeks if we want.

 

What is the purpose of the collars? Do they help keep them upright? @Sjoerd ?

 

Annie— the collars are to force the lower stem to be white. The white portion is what I eat.

 

Oh, and I thought you just planted in a trench and filled it in with dirt as they grow. Your way is much cleaner !!

 

Annie— I do plant them in a hole in the bottom of a trench, the collar is just to extend the length of the whiteness.

 

I haven't done ours yet

 

Zigs— don’t wait too long.

 

I've been putting the coarse compost around them today Sjoerd

 

Wayyy! That looks good, mate. In fact, the leaves look good as well.

 

Ta Sjoerd

Hopefully the compost will feed them now

 

Zigs—They look young to me.

 

Gave them a good watering today but one has bolted already

 

Oh no, that is bad; but with this dryness and heat it is little wonder. Sorry to hear about it though. I hope they will have time to grow and fatten-up a bit.

 

Yep, not suprising. We need some more rain now, it all went up the Engelse Kanaal yesterday