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Leeks - do you plant singly or opt for modules?

This is bed of module sown leeks that have grown well and are almost ready to harvest. This style of sowing trialled by @charles_dowding and others has proved successful this year for me.

It saves time as seeds are sown in modules ( a little clump of seeds per module) and planted out. Some years they do well, as this, but in drier years I have found I end up with smaller plants. The clumps tend to be more competitive re weeds as more shade.

When you look at the way leeks and onions grow, they naturally form clumps so this method of growing mimics the wild plants. It may not produce the best looking leeks with lots of white stem but it's much easier.
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#organicvegetablegarden #leeks #growleeks #vegpatch #allotmentuk #allotmentgarden #gardeningtips #vegetablegrowing #vegetablegarden #organicgardener

Phacelia - why its one of my top 10 plants for the veg plot⁠
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This patch of phacelia was sown just 6 weeks ago on a cleared bed and is now full of flowers and attracting masses of bees and hoverflies ⁠
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So why is it one of my favourites?⁠
1. Sown from seed⁠
2. Grows quickly and produces a mass of flowers⁠ for pollinators
3. Great cover crop - protecting soils at this time of year. Can be allowed to flower or chopped and used as a green manure to boost soil organic matter ⁠
4. Sown late in summer/ autumn, it will over winter and produce essential early flowers for bees ⁠
5. Self seeding - buy the seed once and always have phacelia popping up in the plot ⁠
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#organicgarden #allotment #allotmentgarden #ediblegarden #vegplot #greenmanure #phacelia #flowersforbees #pollinatorplants #pollinatorgarden #pollinators #gardening #greenthumb #vegetablegarden #honeybee

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