Description

Leek Saint Victor – Heirloom Seeds / Rare seeds

Sowing: March to the end of May (stagger your sowing to harvest more in winter)

Harvest: October to March

Sowing: from March for transplanting from May. Slow growing plant and delicate germination. It is better to germinate it 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 the seedlings moist until the leaves appear, which can take up to 3 weeks. Prick out the most vigorous ones as soon as they have the diameter of a pencil in the ground every 15 cm, on well worked soil and enriched with wall compost. Adapts to growing in pots, tubs (4 litres). Provide a depth of at least 15 cm to have a very white barrel. For a crop in the open field, the leeks must be ridged (raise the earth in a small mound at the foot) 1 month after transplanting. In pots or tubs (4 litres) useless if you transplant deep leeks. Watering: when necessary. Harvest: 90 to 120 days after transplanting. Disease: Susceptible to aphids, rust and leek worm. Saint Victor is the most resistant to this worm.

500 seeds approximately