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Nope.can leeks cross with green onions?
Apparently, one of the ways you can grow great leeks is planting them in a bed where beans were grown the year before. This seems to give them that boost they need to achieve size.It would be difficult to top leeks as a soup ingredient, even with just potatoes and some milk .
Originally, I didn't think that my garden environment was right for leeks - then, I gave them a try. Mostly, they are treated the same as bulb onions and do just fine. They need a longer season but have those high soil fertility needs. I will be starting both in flats in the unheated greenhouse in about 4 weeks.
Starting earlier than that (for the onions) meant that I felt compelled to shear them because of excess growth and that the outdoor conditions were not good enough for setting out. Nope ... too hard on them and probably the nutrient-rich soil needs were a part in that. I suppose that I could have added fertilizer to their watering but just timing seemed more appropriate than shearing to limit growth and fertilizing to encourage it.
Leeks do seem to benefit from a more benign growing location - like some afternoon shade. But, they don't always have it. Fertilizer sprinkled as a side dressing has to be done with care because of how their leaves grow. They capture whatever falls on the leaves.
Steve
Nope.
Yes, I did. I always feel that it's a waste to throw them away. However, compared with scallions (or onions bottoms), leeks didn't grow very well. They will grow, even in the water, but they will bolt anyway when spring comes.@Phaedra don't you plant the root bottoms you cut off green onions?
@Branching Out maybe you could buy some leeks and enjoy them, then plant the root part.
Not sure...Nope.