AlliumsAmaryllidaceae
Leeks.
Cool seasonDeer-resistant
At a glance
The spec sheet.
- Indoor start
- Feb 1–15
- Direct sow / out
- Apr 1–15
- Germ
- 7–10 days
- Days to harvest
- 100–150
- Spacing
- 6"
- Depth
- ¼" (seed), transplant into 6" dibber holes
- Square-foot
- 4 per square
- Qty target
- 30 for daily winter cooking (soups, braises).
In our garden
Where leeks grows here.
This crop is planted in 1 bedright now. Click through to see the full layout and what it’s planted with.
Plant
Sow thick in trays under lights alongside onions. Transplant into 6" dibber holes — don't backfill; rain blanches the shanks over the season.
Care
Shallow roots — hand weed, water weekly. Hill up soil around the shanks in August for extra blanching.
Harvest
Dig Sep–Dec, sweeter after frost. Overwinter mulched for a March harvest.
Best fresh. Also freezes well cleaned and sliced into rings.