Suttons Seeds Leek – Chefs White

Suttons Seeds Leek – Chefs White is a vigorous, easy-to-grow, quick-maturing variety, developed to produce a good length of bulbous white stem, for harvesting in autumn and winter. Can also be used when young as salad leeks, which we think are preferable to spring onions! Excellent eaten with seafood.

 

Sow thinly direct into a finely raked seedbed at a depth of 1.3cm in rows 30cm apart. Germination 14-18 days. When ready to transplant make holes with a dibber 10-15cm deep, 23cm apart, drop a plant into each and fill with water to settle soil around the roots. Allow 38cm between rows. To blanch, draw up earth to stems as growth develops. Leeks do well on most soils especially if well prepared. Sowing – Cropping: 35-40 weeks.