Gardeners who managed to achieve at least once success and to grow up leek, any more will never change leek. It is only of vegetables which at storage increases vitamin C content. The leek is many times richer with useful substances, than onion. And in cookery it the first among onions family.
Leek is unpretentious to growth conditions
He will well feel on any not sour lit soils fertile, rich with humus. Lands heavy, clay, forming firm soil crust will only become exception. The leek adapts also to summer heat, and by cold.
The leek, has the long period of cultivation
To receive the guaranteed harvest, its seeds sow in February-March on seedling in cold hotbeds or in house boxes. Seedling it is possible not to dive, simply to seed seeds with distance from each other in several see.
Disembarkation and cultivation demands certain skills
Before landing the backs cut off, up to 2-3 cm, and leaves on 1/3. Seedling is planted in deep holes or furrows, not less than on 15 cm and with step of 15-20 cm among and 30 cm between rows. It is necessary for further regular earthing up of leek. Weedings, loosening and earthing up of plants promote growth of longer bleached legs for the sake of what and we grow up leek. You should not forget about waterings. The leek is sensitive to lack of moisture. It it is abundant and it is regularly necessary to water. In the summer of plant 2-3 times feed up, if necessary.
Feature of disembarkation of leek to beds
It is not obligatory to plant seedling on separate bed at all. Leek grows slowly therefore will be more practical to grow up it in the combined landings. The leek well grows on beds with early vegetables: salads, garden radish, spinach, carrots. Exception will be only bean and onions. Even landing among flowers will suit it. Leek, will decorate with the decorative leaves any flower bed.
Harvesting
Leek (early grades) begins to be dug out at the end of summer and continue cleaning to the cold weather. Plants not bad perezimovyvat on beds. Prikopanny plants in boxes with the earth (sand) well remain till spring in the basement.