Yes I know it sounds like a cooking question but it isn't!

I have a number of leeks in the ground which were set out last year,
they seem to be growing well but as expected the growth above
ground is all green.

Can I do anything with them to make the above ground growth white
and thus be more to eat?

I seem to remember that gardeners used to wrap something like
newspaper round them to encourage the white edible part.

Is my memory correct and is there still time to do that?

Alan
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"Alan Holmes" wrote:

I have a number of leeks in the ground which were set out last year,
they seem to be growing well but as expected the growth above
ground is all green.

A couple of thoughts:

Since leeks are biennial, you may have them planning to flower and set
seed, though I understand they don't depending on growing conditions,
seasons, and a things I don't understand*

I've always blanched mine by just pulling dirt up around the stems with a
hoe, after running alongside the row with the rotovator to make it easier.

Couldn't you just wait for a moonless night, play some spooky music, and
sneak out to the leek row and yell "BOO!?"


*Said list is much too long for this group.

Still a couple of feet of snow on top of the garlic, and well over a meter
in the drifted areas. So I mixed units.

Cheers!


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G

In article ,
Alan Holmes see sig for reply address wrote:


Yes I know it sounds like a cooking question but it isn't!

I have a number of leeks in the ground which were set out last year,
they seem to be growing well but as expected the growth above
ground is all green.

Can I do anything with them to make the above ground growth white
and thus be more to eat?

Not now. But why do you regard the green as inedible? It most assuredly
isn't.

I seem to remember that gardeners used to wrap something like
newspaper round them to encourage the white edible part.

Is my memory correct and is there still time to do that?

Yes and no.


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