I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

All info gratefully received.

Sarah

On 15 May, 20:52, 1opygsh wrote:
I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

I do a comfrey juice at about this time (next week end in fact), ready
for end June. I then water all my vegs with the comfrey juice,
especially the spuds. You can either fill in a bucket with water and
let the comfrey leaves steep in there for about 3/4 weeks or leave the
leaves in a bucket without water and a brown liquid will appear.
Dilute that 20 times with water. I prefer doing the former because the
whole process smells really really bad but it works!

I also do nettle tea - already started on this because young leaves
are best. I use this as a spray to feed and it's great to repel
aphids. Next year when you start on your leeks make sure you include a
lot of manure in your soil. That would be a perfect start of your
leeks. Or you can use fish bone and blood fertilizer a few weeks
before planting your crops. The choices are endless )

Sarah wrote ...
I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

All info gratefully received.

I normally water with a seaweed extract at first to get them going then
leave them alone. BTW are you a drill or hole planter? I'm the latter.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

On 15 May, 22:51, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
Sarah wrote ... I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

All info gratefully received.

I normally water with a seaweed extract at first to get them going then
leave them alone. BTW are you a drill or hole planter? I'm the latter.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I watered them into holes this time. Perhaps it's not too late for me
to do similar to you and give them some seaweed extract.

Sarah

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On 15 May, 20:52, 1opygsh wrote:
I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

I do a comfrey juice at about this time (next week end in fact), ready
for end June. I then water all my vegs with the comfrey juice,
especially the spuds. You can either fill in a bucket with water and
let the comfrey leaves steep in there for about 3/4 weeks or leave the
leaves in a bucket without water and a brown liquid will appear.
Dilute that 20 times with water. I prefer doing the former because the
whole process smells really really bad but it works!

I also do nettle tea - already started on this because young leaves
are best. I use this as a spray to feed and it's great to repel
aphids. Next year when you start on your leeks make sure you include a
lot of manure in your soil. That would be a perfect start of your
leeks. Or you can use fish bone and blood fertilizer a few weeks
before planting your crops. The choices are endless )


Kidney-strained Newcastle Brown is good I'm told. To be applied when
available :-))

Steve

On Wed, 16 May 2007 10:47:40 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote:


Kidney-strained Newcastle Brown is good I'm told. To be applied when
available :-))

Steve

Yes, I've heard that! Diluted I assume? What ratio?

Pam in Bristol

On 16 May, 10:47, "shazzbat"
wrote:
Kidney-strained Newcastle Brown is good I'm told. To be applied when
available :-))

Yes, this one directly in my compost thank you chaps ))

On May 16, 8:29 am, 1opygsh wrote:
On 15 May, 22:51, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

Sarah wrote ... I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

All info gratefully received.

I normally water with a seaweed extract at first to get them going then
leave them alone. BTW are you a drill or hole planter? I'm the latter.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I watered them into holes this time. Perhaps it's not too late for me
to do similar to you and give them some seaweed extract.

Sarah

Sarah, my husband uses the same method as Bob and it works fine and
you can give a feed now and then leave them alone.

On 16 May, 14:47, "
wrote:
On May 16, 8:29 am, 1opygsh wrote:



On 15 May, 22:51, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

Sarah wrote ... I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

All info gratefully received.

I normally water with a seaweed extract at first to get them going then
leave them alone. BTW are you a drill or hole planter? I'm the latter.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I watered them into holes this time. Perhaps it's not too late for me
to do similar to you and give them some seaweed extract.

Sarah

Sarah, my husband uses the same method as Bob and it works fine and
you can give a feed now and then leave them alone.

Thanks all for your posts. I'll administer some seaweed extract and
I'm sure my other half will do the honours with your other suggestion.
(I'm rather hoping it doesn't *have* to be Newcastle Brown Ale and
that the local Cambridgeshire real ales will be just as good!)

Sarah

"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Sarah wrote ...
I'm an inexperienced gardener but this year I've dug a small veg patch
and put in a few young pencil-thin leeks. What sort of feed should I
use for these, and is there an optimum time to apply it?

All info gratefully received.

I normally water with a seaweed extract at first to get them going then
leave them alone. BTW are you a drill or hole planter? I'm the latter.

I would never have thought of using seaweed extract, whatever that is!