- Strong growing autumn variety with long white stems
- Upright, non-drooping leaf habit
- Plant successively for harvests throughout autumn and winter
What you need to know:
- 1 x Thompson & Morgan Leek Mercurian F1 Hybrid
- Number of Seeds: 75
- Eventual Plant Height: Up To 45cm (18in)
- Eventual Plant Spread: Up To 30cm (12in)
- Hardiness & Longevity: Hardy Biennial
- Ideal For: Kitchen Garden
- Position In: Full Sun
- Sowing Months: February-April
- Harvest Months: October to February
- Sowing Instructions: Sow indoors 4-5 seeds in 5cm (2in) pots or used vending cups, or very thinly in a seed tray of good quality seed compost. Cover with 6mm (¼in) of vermiculite or compost, maintaining a temperature of 15-20°C (59-68°F) until germination. Outside, sow thinly, 1cm (½in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart in soil which has been raked to a fine tilth.
- Growing Information: Carefully lift when plants are large enough to handle and transplant from May to July to 23-25cm (9-10in) apart in the row and 45cm (18in) between rows, using a trowel or dibber, and water in. Keep watered during dry weather. Earth up the stems during the growing season to increase the length of the blanched stem.
