Are they leeks??!!!

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winnieblondie edinburgh, United Kingdom Jul 03, 2008

I am EXTREMELY new to gardening. We have a new build house just with a lawn and decided to cut some away to make a border. The soil is clay so i ATTEMPTED to dig in some compost. I am a meek female and the soil was compacted so i only got down about an inch.
Anyway a week (6 weeks ago to be precise)later my daughter pestered me for vegetble seeds in the garden centre so we bought leek seeds. She loves messing in the mud so off she trotted with to put a couple in and watered them.

Anyway we now how all i can descibe as a few plants growing ACROSS the soil. The seem to have a central point with leaves growing out across the soil and they do no resemble leeks at all in any shape or form. However, they are only growing in the section of soil where my daughter planted the leek seeds (the section i have composted). I dug one up and it just looks like very fine roots.

My daughter is convinced they are leeks growing, i dont think they are but have no real idea.

Any ideas? Should i just dig them up and treat them as weeds?

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feldon30 Houston, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 03, 2008

Sounds like you should consider raised bed gardening.

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Jul 05, 2008

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/images/leeks_original_mine.JPG
I wasn't sure what a leek looks like, so here is a link to a pic for you. If leeks are root veggies it will take a while for them to mature into their full and recognizable state.

If your soil is so hard to work, you could lay about an inch of straw on top, an keep it moist. That might draw some worms and other natural soil working critters to the area, which will loosen it up for you. The straw will decompose and melt into the dirt too, which will really help break it up. All of this takes time, but much less work!

Also, if your daughter likes to get dirty, you could start her a little mini worm/compost bin. The proceeds from that are great for the garden too.

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