Fothergill's Leek Elefant Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Allium porrum, a dependable heritage-style variety trusted for cold-season performance.
• Plant Class: Hardy Vegetable, built to comfortably withstand severe frost and winter weather for a reliable late-season harvest.
• Shank Development: Produces thick, sturdy white shanks topped with fan-like, blue-green foliage. The shanks can be easily lengthened by drawing up surrounding soil as they grow.
• Flavour Profile: Delivers a classic, full-bodied, and robust leek flavour that sweetens beautifully after exposure to winter frosts—perfect for hearty stews, bakes, and potato soups.
• Nutritional Value: A highly nutritious addition to the winter diet, offering an abundant natural source of essential iron, folate, and Vitamin C.
• Sowing Flexibility: Highly adaptable for gardeners; can be direct-sown in outdoor seedbeds or started early indoors in modules to get a head start on the season.

Care & Growing Instructions:

• Sowing Position: Sow in early to mid-spring. Once seedlings reach pencil thickness, transplant them into deep, fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny spot, dropping them into individual 15cm (6in) deep holes.
• Blanching Tip: Draw soil up around the stems ("earthing up") progressively throughout the summer growing season to block out light, which increases the length of the prized, tender white shank.