Description
Offered to FGI program participants only. Limited Supplies. Offered while supplies last. Small orders may be mailed to the address provided. The program coordinator will contact you about delivery or pick-up.
Days to Maturity: 100 DAYS
Thick, heavy winter leek for late harvests or overwintering.
Forms a very thick base with little bulbing, making cleaning easier and offering more weight per plant. Deeply colored blue-green flags stand upright. Elongate and blanch shafts by hilling. Mulch well for overwintering in northern regions.
- Fall/winter crop
- Upright habit
- Open-Pollinated
Seeding Depth
1/4″
Plant Spacing
Thin to 6”
Row Spacing
24”
When to Sow
Days to maturity are from transplanting; add 20-30 days if direct seeding. Direct seed soon as soil can be worked outdoors or into a cold frame or start transplants 10-12 weeks before planting date, sowing seeds thickly into flats, ¼” apart or into 1.5” plugs. Transplant when plants reach 10-16” tall planting 6” deep, with only a few inches of leaves need to be remaining above the soil.
Other Considerations
For longer, blanched stalks, hill soil around the plants at least two times during the summer. Leeks compete poorly with weeds.
Harvest
Harvest at any stage of maturity, but flavor is usually best in fall after a few cold nights. Some fall planted varieties may even overwinter for an early spring crop.
Storage
Leeks can be dug up and hilled in into a root cellar or cold storage area. At around 35 degrees, they will keep in this way for a few months.
Info gleaned fron www.highmowingseeds.com
