Characteristics

USDA Hardiness zone ^Help 5-9

Light requirement Full sun

Water requirement Moist

Soil type Light (sandy), Medium

Height 0.9

Layer Herbs

Utility Pest control: repels carrot rust flies

Edible parts Bulb, Flowers, Leaves, Root

Propagation method Seed - transplant

When to plant (outdoors) May - july

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leek

Alternate name Garden leek

Family Alliaceae, Liliaceae

Plants For A Future https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium porrum

Propagation - Transplanting Sow indoors in containers from feb., Transplant early summer

Spacing 15cm

Propagation - Direct sowing Feb. - april

Soil pH 6.0-6.5

Germination temperature < 65°f

Leek
Allium porrum

Layer

Herbs

USDA Hardiness zone

5-9

Light requirement

Full sun

Water requirement

Moist

Description

Easy to grow winter vegetable. Usually sown in containers or seed beds first and then moved to their final place a few months later.

Relationships

companion to

BeetBeta trigyna

CarrotDaucus carota sativus

CeleryApium graveolens

OnionAllium cepa

SpinachSpinacia oleracea

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