Allium porrum 'Snowdon'

Leek 'Snowdon'

Leeks are, strictly speaking, perennials, but they are grown as annuals. They are grown for their mild onion flavoured white "stems" (bundles of leaf-sheaths which are frequently incorrectly referred to as stems). 'Snowdon' is a variety that could do well on the show-bench. It has mid green foliage, and is usually ready for harvesting from mid Autumn

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plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Occasional watering
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
Free draining and fertile

plant information

Common name

Leek 'Snowdon'

Latin name

Allium porrum 'Snowdon'

type

Vegetable

family

Amaryllidaceae

ph

5.2 - 8.3 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

Soil

Free draining and fertile
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Leek Snowdon is 0.30meters x 0.70meters

0.30 M 0.70 M

Allium porrum 'Snowdon'

Propagating by seed

From Mid Winter TO Late Winter

Sow seeds in a tray in the greenhouse, spacing them 1" apart, and covering the seeds lightly with compost. The seedlings should then be hardened off when they get to about 6" - 8" high

Plant outdoors

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Plant out seedlings into a bed where the soil has been enriched by a previous crop, or by Winter manuring, when the plants are 6" - 8" high. Make holes with a dibber about 6" deep, and at a spacing of 9", with 15" between rows. Snip off the top 1/4 of the plant with scissors, and drop one plant into each hole, but do not cover with soil. Fill each hole with water, which will wash some soil over the roots - sufficient to set the plants in the holes, and, over time, the hole will gradually fill with soil as a result of rainfall.

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