Home » Home & Garden » Gardening » Growing Vegetables

How to Grow Leeks

Ranked #18,001 in Home & Garden, #258,350 overall

Leeks are a great vegetable to have on hands especially for soups on those cool autumn nights. Leeks are a cool weather plant that likes direct sunlight. Leeks can be started indoors and then transplanted outdoors usually before the last frost. Many leeks can survive some frost and some varieties can even be over wintered in some areas with lots of mulch. With leeks, you do not eat the green part of the plant. You eat the softer, white end of the vegetable.

How to Grow Leeks

Growing Leeks: How to Grow Leeks Organically
Growing leeks is a breeze in healthy, well-drained soil and full sun. Learn how to grow leeks successfully the organic way.
How to Grow Leeks | Harvest to Table
Leeks are cool-season vegetables that require 120 to 170 days to come to harvest. Leeks are often grown from transplants.
How to grow leeks
Information on how to grow leeks.
How to Grow Leek | Guide to Growing Leek
Guide to Growing Leek

Organic Leek Seeds

Loading

Leeks are a part of the onion family, but they are generally milder in taste. Leeks do not keep very long in storage, so many times it is best to keep them into the ground until you are ready to use them. They need to be planted about 6 inches apart, but some guides show that they can be planted closer than that. You need to plant them deep when you transplant them and leave the hole open. Pour water into the hole, letting the water pull the soil down, do not pat it down.

Videos on How to Grow Leeks

powered by Youtube
powered by Youtube
powered by Youtube
powered by Youtube

Books

Loading
Loading poll. Please Wait...

Add this to your lens »

Bookmark and Share

Tell me about how you grow leeks in the garden...

or just leave me a comment!

  • jballs6 Feb 19, 2012 @ 10:45 am | delete
    I have just sowed my leeks, I lost them all last year due to the pesky leek moth!
  • susannaduffy Feb 14, 2012 @ 1:07 am | delete
    I love leeks! At the end of March I will be planting more, they grow in the cold months and I'm already planning what I cook with them :-)
  • BeyondRoses Feb 14, 2012 @ 12:51 am | delete
    I have cooked with leeks before because they are so much milder than regular onions. I don't have a garden, but if I did, I would grow some leeks!
Show All

This module only appears with actual data when viewed on a live lens. The favorite and lensroll options will appear on a live lens if the viewer is a member of Squidoo and logged in.

Add this to your lens »

by

HomesteadingChic

I am a newbie! I'm not even quite a homesteader yet. lol!!! I am trying to be a suburban homesteader, with a goal to be a country homesteader. I wa... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!

Explore related pages

Related Tags