🧅❄️🌱 Leek Blauwgroene Winter Seeds (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum) – 100 Seeds – Hardy Winter Leek with Blue-Green Leaves

Description:

🌿 Latin Name: Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
🧅 Common Name: Leek Blauwgroene Winter
📦 Quantity: 100 seeds
🌱 Type: Cold-hardy leek variety with striking blue-green leaves, perfect for winter harvesting and long-season growing

Leek Blauwgroene Winter is a robust leek variety valued for its tolerance to cold weather and its thick, tender white stalks. It’s ideal for autumn and winter harvests, adding flavor and nutrition to soups, stews, and various dishes throughout the colder months.

🌞 Sowing Time:

• Indoors: Sow seeds early, 8–10 weeks before the last expected frost

• Outdoors: Transplant seedlings in spring or late summer for overwintering crops

• Germination: 7–14 days at 18–20°C (64–68°F)

🪴 Growing Instructions:

• Sowing Depth: 0.5–1 cm (1/4 inch)

• Spacing: Transplant seedlings 15–20 cm (6–8 inches) apart in rows spaced 30 cm (12 inches) apart

• Light: Full sun to partial shade

• Watering: Maintain consistent moisture for best growth

• Fertilizer: Use balanced fertilizer with moderate nitrogen

🌱 Soil & Conditions:

• Soil Type: Well-draining, fertile loam enriched with organic matter

• Soil pH: 6.0–7.5

• Climate: Hardy to cold temperatures; ideal for cool to cold growing seasons

🧑🌾 Usage:

• Perfect for winter harvesting; adds mild onion flavor to soups, stews, and casseroles

• Long stalks can be blanched for tender texture

• Keeps well in cool storage for extended use

🌿 Plant Characteristics:

• Leaf Color: Blue-green foliage

• Stalk: Thick, long white stalks with tender texture

• Maturity: 120–150 days from sowing

• Growth Habit: Upright, sturdy plant tolerant of cold

Each packet contains 1 g of Blauwgroene Winter leek seeds which is about 100 seeds.

Allium porrum