I’ve had an email from Steve Turnbull in County Durham complete with this pic of his winning pot leeks from a recent show. Durham and Northumberland is the real hot bed of pot leek growing and if you ever get a chance to visit a grower up there then grab it. I had an uncle up there who used to take me to a few growers’ gardens and the dedication of those guys is incredible. The annual pot leek show is THE major social event on the calendar and everything is geared to having the biggest and best leeks for that day.Not many people round my way grow pot leeks and I’ve never quite understood the ‘cubic inches’ thing, but a well grown pot leek that hasn’t been stripped too much is quite a sight to behold.
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