Fothergill's Leek Musselburgh Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Allium porrum, a historic and highly celebrated heirloom strain originally raised near Edinburgh.
• Plant Class: Ultra-Hardy Vegetable, legendary for its peerless frost resistance, standing proud and undamaged through freezing snow and ice.
• Shank Character: Produces distinctively thick, robust white stems topped with a broad fan of handsome, blue-green winter foliage.
• Flavour Profile: Offers a delicious, rich, yet remarkably mild onion-like flavour that sweetens beautifully after the first hard winter frosts. Perfect for traditional Scotch broth, pies, and winter stews.
• Extended Harvesting: Highly versatile variety that lets you stretch out your harvests from late autumn right through into the spring.
• Nutritional Value: A fantastic winter source of wellness, providing a rich, natural supply of essential folate and dietary fibre.

Care & Growing Instructions:

• Sowing Position: Sow from early spring. Once the young seedlings reach the thickness of a pencil, transplant them into deep, fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny patch.
• Planting Tip: Use a dibber to make vertical holes about 15cm (6in) deep, drop a seedling into each, and fill the hole with water rather than soil (the traditional "puddling" method). This allows the roots to anchor while giving the shank room to swell into a thick, blanched stem.