On 18th July, I transplanted leeks into the same six sacks we had just harvested potatoes from, see previous video https://youtu.be/klrUA_nbFI4. The leeks had been sown 5th April, then potted on in the greenhouse.<br />I did not feed the leeks nor did I add any more compost. The idea was to discover what nutrition and growth quality remained in these composts during the second half of the season.<br /><br />We return 16th October for the harvest, it's really interesting!<br /><br />* Please note that when introducing the trial at the start of the video (01.00), I say I am going to plant potatoes, but mean leeks!*<br />For the potato trial there had been seven sacks, but one was horse manure which turned out to have weedkiller, and therefore that one is not in the leek trial. I had spread the horse manure over nearby grass and then it is dissipated in sunlight.<br /><br />00:00 Introduction<br />00:51 Planting the multisown leeks (*not potatoes!)<br />01:36 Mushroom compost<br />02:04 Homeacres soil<br />02:28 Homemade compost<br />02:54 4mm sieved wood chip, and wood chip not sieved<br />03:11 Potting compost, Moorland Gold<br />03:33 Green waste compost<br />04:29 3 months later, and a look at the growth in each sack<br />05:43 Harvesting and trimming the leeks<br />06:24 The harvest results <br />07:58 What to do with the compost now? (We spread it on one of my beds).<br /><br />Harvest results:<br />Very woody compost - 50g<br />Potting compost - 265g<br />Soil - 290g<br />Sieved wood compost - 310g<br />Green waste compost - 370g<br />Mushroom compost - 425g<br />Homemade compost - 495g<br /><br />See more videos on compost trials in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7WDfop74y-m2wNJolMa2Brum_-DbpzkT<br /><br />Filmed and edited by Alessandro Vitale @SpicyMoustache who also filmed the previous potato video.<br /><br /> You can join this channel by paying a monthly fee, to support our work with helping gardeners grow better, and to receive monthly videos made only for members:<br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg/join
