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START EXHIBITION LEEKS

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Many Sown enough to decided to exhibit this year, so they’ll be ready on time. sow compost, cover over with a thin layer of more compost, watering in well. A good way tray into water so it can soak it all Put the tray in a warm spot – a heated propagator or a warm windowsill see some signs of germinatio­n. By mid-spring, your pencil-like seedlings should be good to plant out into the ground. Leeks like rich soil and consistent,

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– and in a fortnight or so you’ll regular watering through summer, so tend to them well.
to leave the seed undisturbe­dis to put the up from the bottom. – and in a fortnight or so you’ll regular watering through summer, so tend to them well.
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 ??  ?? people find that spring-sown leeks end up less robust and smaller. indoors now, leeks have a longer time to bulk up and become large pick successful­ly – this is also important for any leeks you’ve Simply thinly the black seed in trays, pots or modules of firmed down, level seed
people find that spring-sown leeks end up less robust and smaller. indoors now, leeks have a longer time to bulk up and become large pick successful­ly – this is also important for any leeks you’ve Simply thinly the black seed in trays, pots or modules of firmed down, level seed

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