Description

Big yellow leek from Poitou – Heirloom Seeds / Rare seeds

Sowing: January to March

Harvest: August to November

Slow growing plant and delicate germination. It is better to germinate seedlings in a nursery (= place in the garden sheltered from the wind, for example by a wall, and well exposed). Sow your seeds on the fly, cover with 1/2 cm, cover and tamp lightly with the back of the rake, water in a fine rain. Keep seedlings moist until leaves appear, which can take up to 3 weeks. Reprick the most vigorous ones as soon as they are the diameter of a pencil in the ground every 15 cm, on well worked soil and enriched with mature compost. Watering: When necessary To obtain a good barrel white, as long as possible, ridge the leeks (raise the earth in a small mound at the foot) 1 month after transplanting. Harvest: 90 to 120 days after transplanting. Disease: susceptible to aphids, rust and leek worm. (NB it’s good worm and not worms) This variety is not suitable for growing in pots or trays, or it would require a depth of 50 cm…

about 500 seeds