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Leek Information
Leek
Allium porrum
Large members of the onion family, grown for harvesting through autumn and winter. Depending on the varieties grown they can be hrvested throughout the winter season.
Moon Planting Type: Root
Soil Type: Any Soil
Aspect: Any aspect
Light: Full Sun
Hardiness: Winter Protection
Moisture: Well-drained
pH: Neutral (6.6 - 7.3)
Height:
Spread:
Leek Growing Notes
Sowing
Sow in mid to late spring at a depth of 1cm. As they grow build a pile or earth around the Leek to blanch the stems.
Pruning & Thining
Thin the crops to a distance of 6''.
Harvesting
List the leeks with a fork to prevent the stems from snapping. Harvest when required, as Leeks will stay fresh in the ground untill lifting.
Leek Varieties
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Of exceptional taste, vigour and quality, producing early crops with little waste and no bulbing, that require minimal cleaning. Germination is high and rapid and yields are large. The stems themselve...more£2.85
A top quality variety for a long season of production, giving high yields of flavoursome, medium-sized stems averaging 20-23cm (8-9") in length with little or no bulbing. It also stands extreme weathe...more£2.45
Recommended. Long, thick, pure white stems of mild flavour. Excellent for exhibition if sown in January under glass....more£1.30
An impressive variety producing flavoursome white stems that are ready to harvest from November to January. Shows good winter hardiness and resistance to rust....more£1.30
A pale green summer-cropping leek. Great flavour and uniformity. (Often called Baby Vegetables, specially bred variety ideal for gardening in small spaces, be it in the garden or increasingly in patio...more£2.10
Delicious, long white shanks and dark blue-green leaves. Use in soups and stews, as a boiled vegetable or in stir-fries....more£2.10
Easly and late cropping varieties to give tasty crops from September to February. SAVE £1.95 on Twin Pack comprising 50 plants (25 of each variety): Leek Musselburgh - Very popular winter hardy...more£9.95
A top quality variety for a long season of production, giving high yields of flavoursome, medium-sized stems averaging 20-23cm (8-9") in length with little or no bulbing. Good tolerance to extreme wea...more£5.95
Good length, tasty white stems that are delicious in soups or stews, as a boiled vegetable or in stir fries. Winter maturing. Healthy young plants, individually rooted in small plugs of compost....more£5.95
Maturing earlier than Musselburgh the medium length shanks develop with very little 'bulbing' and show good resistance to bolting.Set plants 6in/15cm apart in 4-6in/10-15cm deep holes and water in.Mid...more£8.95
This high quality leek produces smooth white shanks that are ready from late Autumn thoughout the winter. With their hybrid vigour they grow very strongly and remain healthy through the worst of the w...more£2.49
Truly a 'Gourmet Leek'! Harvest it small as a 'baby' vegetable - so tender you can grill it! Allow to mature it will stand in good condition from October-February! Cold tolerant with good disease resi...more£2.99
An exceptionally hardy variety very reliable and heavy cropping. Musselburgh is a proven performer and still takes some beating as a winter leek....more£1.49
A popular mid-season variety that is very hardy and produces thick short stems packed full of flavour. Mid May despatch for pulling as and when they mature from mid/late September....more£8.95
