Leeks – have just started harvesting mine!
by Diane - October 9th, 2012.Filed under: allotment, Thompson and Morgan.
I’ve just started harvesting mine. I planted a giant one and one called jolant.
I have about 70 plants and wishes I’d planted more. They’re delicious!
Leek ‘Autumn Giant 2 – Porvite’ – 1 packet (200 seeds) £2.49
An excellent Leek giving mid green, erect foliage, and heavy, uniform stems. Leek Autumn Giant 2 Porvite also features resistance to bulbiness and bolting, as well as high rust tolerance. Seeds in the RHS Vegetable Collection, this leek also has good standing ability in the garden.
Leek ‘Bandit’ – 30 plugs + 3 planters £14.99
NEW in 2012An outstanding cultivar for harvesting from winter through to spring. The dark leaves of Leek ‘Bandit’ contrast beautifully with delicious, thick, pure white stems. This variety has excellent garden performance and winter hardiness, showing good tolerance against rust and bolting. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 20cm (8”).T&M’s easy starter plants are expertly grown, taking away all of the worry of raising your own. Delivered ready for planting so that you can enjoy bigger, earlier and tastier vegetables. Our quality vegetable plants will be despatched at the correct time for planting.Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.
Leek ‘Below-Zero’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (50 seeds) £2.99
British breeding has combined the vigour of an F1 Hybrid with extreme cold tolerance to produce quality leeks which will withstand the harshest of weathers. Dark leaves, pure white stems with no bulbing, long standing ability and bolting and rust tolerant. Lift fresh superb quality stems from Christmas to May.
Leek ‘Blauwgroene Winter – Bandit’ – 1 packet (250 seeds) £2.49
An outstanding cultivar for harvesting from winter through to spring. The dark leaves of Leek ‘Blauwgroene Winter – Bandit’ contrast beautifully with delicious, thick, pure white stems. This variety has excellent garden performance and winter hardiness, showing good tolerance against rust and bolting. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 20cm (8”).T&M’s easy starter plants are expertly grown, taking away all of the worry of raising your own. Delivered ready for planting so that you can enjoy bigger, earlier and tastier vegetables. Our quality vegetable plants will be despatched at the correct time for planting.Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.
Leek ‘Blauwgroene Winter – Bandit’ – 30 plants £8.99
An outstanding cultivar for harvesting from winter through to spring. The dark leaves of Leek ‘Blauwgroene Winter – Bandit’ contrast beautifully with delicious, thick, pure white stems. This variety has excellent garden performance and winter hardiness, showing good tolerance against rust and bolting. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 20cm (8”).T&M’s easy starter plants are expertly grown, taking away all of the worry of raising your own. Delivered ready for planting so that you can enjoy bigger, earlier and tastier vegetables. Our quality vegetable plants will be despatched at the correct time for planting.Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.
Leek ‘Cairngorm’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (40 seeds) £2.99
Grow this prizewinning show leek individually in pots! The first F1 leek from seed, produced by British breeding from specially selected top prize-winning show leeks, has superb vigour and uniformity as a pot leek. Early autumn maturity makes Cairngorm ideal for the show bench as well as outside in the vegetable plot, where stems will stand until after Christmas.
Leek ‘Kong Richard’ – 1 packet (125 seeds) £2.49
A very early variety. Leek ‘Kong Richard’ produces extra long, slim stems which don’t need earthing up and are ideal for slicing. From earliest sowings it is ready in June-July, and later sowings, August-September, stay ready for use until Christmas. You can also direct sow Leek King Richard without the need to transplant, or grow closer together for delicious, succulent mini leeks.
Leek ‘Lancelot’ – 1 packet (75 seeds) £1.89
This tasty variety makes a mild-flavoured alternative to spring onions for salads and stir fries. Sown thickly, in open ground or containers, they can be harvested just 3 months later as mini leeks. Leek ‘Lancelot’ can also be grown as mature full sized leeks for autumn and winter cropping. This uniform leek is winter hardy with good virus tolerance. Height: 45cm (18″). Spread: 30cm (12″).
Leek ‘Musselburgh’ – 1 packet (350 seeds) £1.99
Leek Musselburgh is a very hardy and exceptionally fine strain of this popular mid season variety.
Leek ‘Natan’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (70 seeds) £2.49
An outstanding variety for harvesting from winter through to spring with excellent garden performance and winter hardiness.
Leek ‘Nipper’ – 1 packet (250 seeds) £1.99
Fast-growing ‘baby’ leeks specially bred to be ready to pick in just 10 weeks from sowing. Pull them at ‘spring onion size’ for fresh and tasty leeks out of season; with a flavour that’s milder than spring onions, they are delicious in stir fries and salads.
Leek ‘Oarsman’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (40 seeds) £2.99
A superb garden variety. Leek Oarsman has good early vigour, bulking up quickly, with dark, erect foliage and uniform pure white, long stems with no sign of bulbing. Midseason maturity with very good rust and bolting tolerance, keeping in good condition over a long period until required for the kitchen.
Leek ‘Pandora’ – Duchy Originals Organic Seeds – 1 packet (75 seeds) £2.69
Long, pure white stems with dark green leaves. Leek Pandora shows tolerance to leek rust.
Leek ‘Pennine’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (40 seeds) £2.99
From British breeding comes the first – and only – hybrid pot leek. The result of painstaking work in crossing sterile male lines with top prize-winning show leeks, ‘Pennine’ is a much thicker, but shorter blanch with a true pot leek appearance. Ideally grown in individual 25cm (10in) pots or in well-prepared soil in the garden, this is an autumn variety which will withstand adverse conditions until New Year.
Leek ‘Porbella’ – 1 packet (200 seeds) £2.19
An outstanding garden leek variety for harvesting between October and February. Leek Porbella produced sturdy plants with pure white, thick stems and dark green leaves show good rust resistance and have excellent winter hardiness.