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Gardening

sinkingfeeling

(53,263 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2012, 04:03 PM Feb 2012

Has anybody ever transplanted leeks? [View all]

I bought a pot of leeks about 4 inches high this weekend. They look like chives, but a bit larger. How do you plant them into the garden? Just set them in little clumps until they start growing bigger and then thin them out?

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Has anybody ever transplanted leeks? [View all] sinkingfeeling Feb 2012 OP

Just plant them individually in the permanent spot. Denninmi Feb 2012 #1

That's what I did last year Tsiyu Feb 2012 #2

You need to plant them in a 6" trench and slowly add soil to cover them over time. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #3

I leave a few at the end of the year to go to seed if I remember. wildeyed Feb 2012 #4