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98 days. Dawn Giant is a HUGE leek! Incredibly easy to grow with a sweet, mild flavor, it has shanks up to 15" tall and 2" wide that you can harvest in just about three months. No need to start indoors, just direct-sow every two weeks starting in early spring for harvest in mid-summer to fall. (OP.)
Leek Sowing Instructions
Planting Depth: ¼”-1/2" Row Spacing: 12”-18” Seed Spacing: 1/2” Days to Germination: 10-14 days Germination Temperature: 45°-75°F
Direct sow as soon as the soil can be worked. But
Leeks are best to raise as transplants: start 6 to 8
weeks before planning to set out, as soon as the
soil can be worked in the spring. Sow Leek seed
in flats or pots thinly, covering with fine soil.
Water lightly, provide moderate warmth, light
and ventilation. Feed as needed with kelp or fish
emulsion. Prepare Leek bed with compost and/or
well-rotted manure and a complete organic fertilizer.
Dig a trench 4" deep. When seedlings are 6"
to 8" tall, transplant to the trench, setting them
3" to 5" apart in the row. Tuck them in. For
“baby” Leeks, plant 1" apart and harvest while
tiny. To blanch, mound soil around Leeks as they
grow. Harvest at your discretion, at whatever size
you prefer. Leeks tolerate frost and partial shade.
(If you plan to harvest Leeks for winter use, allow
them to grow to a larger size.)
Leeks a Cook Can Love
To be kitchen-worthy, Leeks need beautiful, long white shanks, blanched and tender. Here’s how to produce them. Sow Leeks indoors very early in spring, then transplant them out when they are pencil-sized, trimmed to about 10" long, with an inch of roots. For each one, make a 9"-deep hole with a trowel or dibble and drop the seedling in, leaving an inch of green above ground. Don’t fill the hole, but let soil gradually trickle in over the course of the season, as you cultivate around the plants, or rain washes the soil in. By the time you dig them, the hole will have filled, thus blanching the leek.
Leek Sowing Instructions
Planting Depth: ¼”-1/2" Row Spacing: 12”-18” Seed Spacing: 1/2” Days to Germination: 10-14 days Germination Temperature: 45°-75°F
Direct sow as soon as the soil can be worked. But
Leeks are best to raise as transplants: start 6 to 8
weeks before planning to set out, as soon as the
soil can be worked in the spring. Sow Leek seed
in flats or pots thinly, covering with fine soil.
Water lightly, provide moderate warmth, light
and ventilation. Feed as needed with kelp or fish
emulsion. Prepare Leek bed with compost and/or
well-rotted manure and a complete organic fertilizer.
Dig a trench 4" deep. When seedlings are 6"
to 8" tall, transplant to the trench, setting them
3" to 5" apart in the row. Tuck them in. For
“baby” Leeks, plant 1" apart and harvest while
tiny. To blanch, mound soil around Leeks as they
grow. Harvest at your discretion, at whatever size
you prefer. Leeks tolerate frost and partial shade.
(If you plan to harvest Leeks for winter use, allow
them to grow to a larger size.)
Leeks a Cook Can Love
To be kitchen-worthy, Leeks need beautiful, long white shanks, blanched and tender. Here’s how to produce them. Sow Leeks indoors very early in spring, then transplant them out when they are pencil-sized, trimmed to about 10" long, with an inch of roots. For each one, make a 9"-deep hole with a trowel or dibble and drop the seedling in, leaving an inch of green above ground. Don’t fill the hole, but let soil gradually trickle in over the course of the season, as you cultivate around the plants, or rain washes the soil in. By the time you dig them, the hole will have filled, thus blanching the leek.
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