Earth Up Leeks in the Vegetable Garden
Earthing up leeks, blanches the leaves so that the length of white stem is increased.
To earth up leeks:
- gently draw dry soil up to the stems when they are well developed
- pull the soil up regularly, a little at a time, as the stem grows, to
produce a ridge - no soil should be allowed to fall between the leaves, because the leeks will be gritty when cooked
- collars or pipes are sometimes put round the leeks to keep the soil away from the stems
- finish earthing up in late October
Earthing up leeks in the vegetable garden, regularly, through the growing season will increase the amount of tender white stalk on the leek.
Hi Top Veg,
You are more than welcome to help yourself to one of the Free headers. let me know if you go ahead and if it fits your template, if it doesn’t let me know and I will sort it out.
All I ask in return is a post about what you have done.In the meantime I am adding your link to mine,if you dont mind.
Cheers Mark
Comment by Mark - October 8, 2007 11:34 am
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