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Leek : Musselburgh Improved
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Leek : Musselburgh Improved
Vegetable
- Days to Harvest: 90 Days
Description
A very hardy and exceptionally fine strain of this popular mid season variety.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | early spring. |
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| Sowing depth: | 1cm (½in) deep in drills 23cm (9in) apart. |
Leeks prefer ordinary well drained soil in sun or semi-shade and can follow early peas or potatoes. Sow outdoors in a well prepared seed bed. Sow thinly.
Growing Instructions
In early summer lift the seedlings carefully and plant 15x38cm (6x15in) apart, making 15cm (6in) deep holes and inserting the seedlings as far as the first leaf. Then fill the hole with water NOT SOIL. Earth up the stems as growth develops and harvest in autumn/winter.