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Saturday 31 December 2011 Leeks have always been an iffy crop here. We've tried many varieties and none have really stood up and barked. We put out starts with the rest of the veggies, but the leeks don't seem to develop the thickness and heft seen in Lower 48 gardens. I'm guessing that there isn't enough season for these plants, which might require an additional month of cool temperate weather to come up to full size. Summer 2011 Hey, we finally learned how to get the leeks to grow and store well. We planted them in the seed strips, which worked for some of the varieties - why, I don't know. Maybe it had something to do with the size of the seeds. In any case, great production. There's a tray out there in the root cellar right now. Wonderful in a broth soup, certainly. Here's the varieties grown this year: Marathon - These were large and juicy, with nice-sized stalks. A good storage leek. King Richard - Indeed the king of the leeks this year. The best that we grew. Giant Musselberg - Not as advertised. These were dwarf and barely survived the summer. The other three varities I grew - Upton, Megaton, and Prizetaker - were victims of the seed tape experiment. C'est la vie. |
The first successful leek year, proving that sometimes you just have to keep trying and never giving up. (August 2011) 
July 2007. |