Bad leek

Moricambe

No I don’t need a plumber! 😊

And I realise this might not be seen as a gardening problem, but I thought it might possibly be in the future so please bear with me. 

I bought some keeks today as I don’t grow them at the moment. 

When I cut into one of them, the middle was pink and very squishy. It looked disgusting!

Is this a common problem with leeks and if so, how do you avoid it when growing them?

If you’ve got this far, thank you!

nick615

I rather imagine this could be one from the end of a very long growing season.  If someone is trying to get as much productivity out of their crop as possible, they might have overdone it.  By Jan/Feb time they will go hard and leathery, maybe this is the end of that porcess