Your Name
Your Email
Your Friends Email
Your Comments
Send
Close Window
Login Details
Email
Password
Remember login on this computer?
New Account
Full Name
Email
Password
Allow Promotional Emails
(We will never divulge your email to a 3rd party)
Not logged in
Login
View Cart (
0
)
Your shopping cart is currently empty
Close
086 2037702
Home
About
Products
Order Information
Your Account
Order Status
FAQ'S
View Cart
We're really sorry...
We don't currently have that one in stock
Please add your email and we'll notify you when it's back
Email
ALL PRODUCTS
»
SEEDS
»
VEGETABLE Seeds
Leek Musselburgh Seeds
Price:
€1.79
Notify when back in stock
Description
Leek Musselburgh Seeds - Irish Plants Direct
This extremely hardy and reliable winter vegetable has dark green tops with a thick white tender stem that has a mild flavour.
They can be pulled throughout the winter months when little else is growing.
Seed Qty 400
☀️ Sow March - April
☀️ Germination 14 - 18 days
☀️ Loam or sandy soil that's alkaline or neutral
☀️ Harvest November - February
☀️ Companion Plants Carrots, celery and onions.
Do not plant with beans and peas
☀️ Lift with a fork when they are needed from October onwards
☀️ A good source of vitamin A and C
☀️ Use in soups and stews
Leeks are a hungry crop that need well drained soil choose a sunny spot and dig the site in winter adding plenty of compost or well rotted manure about a week before transplanting apply a general purpose fertiliser.
Sow between January - February indoors in seed trays sowing the seed thinly 1.5cm deep and covering with a layer of compost when the leeks have grown to around 15cm cut back the foliage to 100cm. Harden off the young plants and plant out at the end of April.
Sow the seed in a seed bed from March - April in drills 1.5cm deep thin to 4cm apart when the seedlings emerge.
The young plants are ready for transplanting when they are around 20cm high, water the bed the day before, trim the roots and the leaf tips.
Make a hole 15cm deep with a dibber place the trimmed leek in the hole water the hole do not fill the hole with soil. Plant the young leeks 15cm apart and 30cm between rows.
As the leeks grow gently draw soil up around the plants to increase the length of the stem.
Water well in dry weather.
Country Value Range
« Previous
|
Next »
Tweet
Product Reviews
No Reviews For This Product.
Click to review this product
Our Products
SEEDS
» FLOWER Seeds
» VEGETABLE Seeds
» HERB Seeds
» TREE Seeds
» SHRUB Seeds
» ORGANIC Seeds
» ORGANIC VEGETABLE Seeds
» ORGANIC FLOWER Seeds
» ORGANIC HERB Seeds
» GREEN MANURE Seeds
» ANNUAL Seeds
» BIENNIAL Seeds
» H.PERRENIAL Seeds
» H.H. PERENNIAL FLOWER Seeds
» POLLINATOR Seeds
» CLIMBING PLANT Seeds
» CUT FLOWER Seeds
» GRAVEL & ROCKERY Seeds
» EDIBLE FLOWER FROM Seed
» SCENTED FLOWERS FROM Seed
» WILDLIFE Seeds
» WILDFLOWER Seeds
» CONTAINER FLOWER Seeds
» CONTAINER VEGETABLE Seeds
» RHS AWARDED FLOWER Seeds
» RHS AWARDED VEG Seeds
» HOUSEPLANT Seeds
» SEED COLLECTIONS
» MICROGREENS Seeds
» SPROUTING Seeds
» SHADE LOVING PLANT Seeds
» COASTAL GARDEN PLANT Seeds
» COTTAGE GARDEN PLANT Seeds
» FRUIT Seeds
» GRASS Seeds
» EVERGREEN PLANT Seeds
» MEDICINAL PLANT Seeds
» SEEDS FOR KIDS TO GROW
» THEME Seeds
» BUZZY Seeds
» HORTI TOPS Seeds
» SUTTONS Seeds
» MR FOTHERGILLS Seeds
» COUNTRY VALUE Seeds
» ITALIAN FRANCHI RANGE Seeds
» SARAH RAVEN Seeds
» SATIVA Seeds
» UNWINS Seeds
» LEGUTKO Seeds
» SAFLAX Seeds
» JEKKAS HERB Seeds
» JOHNSONS Seeds
» SEKLOS Seeds
» BUDGET Seed Range
» SOW JANUARY
» SOW FEBRUARY
» SOW MARCH
» SOW APRIL
» SOW MAY
» SOW JUNE
» SOW JULY
» SOW AUGUST
» SOW SEPTEMBER
» SOW OCTOBER
» SOW NOVEMBER
» SOW DECEMBER
» WHITE FLOWER Seeds
» ORANGE FLOWER Seeds
» BLUE FLOWER Seeds
» RED FLOWER Seeds
» PINK FLOWER Seeds
» PURPLE FLOWER Seeds
» CREAM FLOWER Seeds
» GREEN FLOWER Seeds
» MIXED FLOWER COLOUR Seeds
» BLACK FLOWER Seeds
» YELLOW FLOWER Seeds
NEW SEEDS FOR 2023
CLEARANCE STOCK
SPECIAL OFFERS
Recently Viewed...
Your Cart
Shopping cart
0
Product(s) in cart
Discounts
€0.00
Total
€0.00
Checkout
Your Account
Login Status
Not logged in
Login
Newsletter
Full Name
Email