Leek Vegetable Seeds Packet
Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) is a patient, cold-hardy allium with mild, sweet flavor, prized for its tender white and light green stalks in soups, roasts, and sautes. Leeks tolerate light frost and can often stay in the ground into early winter. Seeds are non-GMO and vacuum-sealed for freshness.
- Plant type: Biennial, grown as an annual
- Height: 12-24 in
- Sun: Full sun (6-8+ hours a day)
- Days to germination: 7-14
- Days to harvest: 100-120
- Sowing depth: 1/4 in
- Spacing: 4-6 in between plants, 12-18 in between rows
- Soil: Fertile, moist, well-drained loam, pH 6.0-6.8
- Packet: About 50 seeds
How to Grow Leeks from Seed
Sowing and Germination
Start indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost, sowing 1/4 in deep. Transplant into a shallow trench and fill it in gradually as the plants grow to blanch the stems.
Care and Harvest
Keep soil consistently moist, watering deeply once or twice a week. Feed with a balanced fertilizer every 3-4 weeks, mulch with straw or compost, and pile soil around the base for longer white stems. Loosen the soil with a fork before pulling so the shaft doesn't snap. Store in a cool space or the refrigerator.
Dimensions: 5.6" x 3.6" x .1"
Weight: 1.6 hrs
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Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.
Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.
