"Chris" ] wrote in message
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It's been a funny year for veg this year!
Everything has come early.
Many of the leeks have the solid centres that they get when they are
starting to go to seed.
Is it OK to eat the middles?
(They seem to taste all right.)
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Chris

The centres are just coarser and stringier than the
leaves, as the structure is going to have to support a
flower head. You may as well pick them as early
as possible as the centres will only get stringier
\coarser while the leaves won't put in any more
growth. Left to go to seed they form a nice round flower
head. And on the flower head among the flowers
may be some miniature leek bulblis which can be
planted on.

michael adams


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