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How to Grow Baby or Mini Leeks

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Apr, 2017
By Sally Osgerby
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Baby/mini leeks are used for salad, stir-fries, soups and stews.  Children like them because they are pretty, mild and different.


To grow baby/mini leeks:

  • space close together in the row
  • sow in a small garden, an allotment, or in containers on the patio
  • liquid feed weekly if grown in a container
  • harvest 16–20 weeks after sowing, when still young,tender and full of flavour
  • use immediately, as mini veg do not store well
  • make successive sowings throughout the growing season for a continual supply.
leek seedlings

leek seedlings

Baby/Mini Leek Varieties

King Richard

  • A very early, high yielding, mild flavoured leek with extra long, slim stalks

Swiss Giant Evita

  • A fast-growing, high-yielding variety with long straight shanks

Baby Jolant

  • A vigorous, very early cropping variety giving high density stems with a mild flavour

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