Leek 'Lyon 2 Prizetaker' Seeds

Overview

Leek 'Lyon 2 Prizetaker' is a good quality leek with delicious thick white shanks. It is very hardy and still a popular one for the showbench.

To ensure a continuous supply sow an early variety like 'Hannibal' & a later one like 'Musselburgh' and you will have leeks from September to February.

Leeks are a great, easy to care for veg that adds lots of flavour to autumn/winter dishes.

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Seed qty (approx)	200
Sowing months	March, April
Site conditions	Any reasonable soil, add humus if starved of nutrients. Sunny position. Well-prepared seedbed.
How to sow	Sow thinly outside in early spring in a shallow drill 1.5cm deep by rows 23cm apart in a well-prepared seedbed. They can be transplanted into their final position after the potatoes have been lifted or the peas finished so much needed space during summer is not used, an ideal crop rotation veg. Cover lightly with soil. Water with a fine hose. Seedlings appear 14-18 days. Thin to every 3cm. In summer when they reach the thickness of a pencil, dig them up carefully with a fork and trim the roots to 5cm. Insert each plant into a hole 15cm deep, made with a dibber. Ensure there are some leaves above soil level, but do not back fill the hole with soil. Just water in and eventually soil will wash down into the hole itself. Space plants every 15cm in rows 30cm apart. This is their final position.
Care	To get nice long white stems draw dry soil around the stem during the summer/autumn. Successional plantings can be carried out at monthly intervals this will provide leeks from late summer to autumn.
Harvest	September to December. Leave in the ground until required and lift with fork to prevent them snapping.
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