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Gardening

Denninmi

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1. Just plant them individually in the permanent spot.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 04:39 PM

Feb 2012

Excessive transplanting will set them back.

If they're too small for you to feel comfortable at this point, let them grow on in this pot a while until they're bigger. Give them a couple of light doses of some kind of liquid fertilizer, good sunlight, and they'll size up pretty fast.

When you plant them out, I would say ideal spacing is about six to eight inches apart, if you have the luxury of that much room, but 4 inches will work in a pinch.

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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