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Allium porrum

105Days to maturity

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Comanche (F1) Leek Seed

Item #HSC-LEK-003-PKT

A refined leek with long shanks.

Comanche is a midseason leek whose handsome shanks can grow impressively long, under medium blue-green leaves.

Its upright habit makes cultivation easier.

About 105 days from transplanting. F1 hybrid.

Specs

Packet: 50 seeds
Average 152,900 seeds per lb.

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Quick Facts

Seed size (10 mm scale) and germination soil temperature chart for leek — Seed size & germination

Latin Name: Allium porrum
Days To Maturity: 105 days
Life Cycle: Annual
Hybrid Status: Hybrid (F1)

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Start early

Sow indoors 10–12 weeks before the last frost, 1/4" deep, or in plugs.

Plant deep

Set pencil-thick plants 6" apart in 6" deep dibbled holes, rows 12"+ apart; leave the holes open.

Feed and blanch

Rich soil, pH 6.2–6.8. Hill soil up two or three times for longer white shanks.

Lift and store

Loosen with a fork to harvest; store cleaned leeks cold and humid for several weeks.

Growing Information

Scientific name

Allium porrum

Soil

Leeks are hungry plants and do best in fertile soil with a pH of 6.2–6.8.

Days to maturity

Counted from transplanting; add 20–30 days for direct-sown leeks.

Starting transplants

Sow in flats 10–12 weeks before the last frost, about 1/4" apart and 1/4" deep, or sow in plug trays and thin to one plant per cell.

Planting out

From late spring, once plants are about 8" tall and as thick as a pencil, set them 6" apart in rows at least 12" apart, in holes made about 6" deep with a dibber. Only 2–3" of leaf needs to show above ground. Leave the holes open and let rain or irrigation settle the soil around the roots.

Direct sowing

Sow in early spring, about 6 seeds per foot, 1/4–1/2" deep, in rows 24" apart, and thin to 6".

Seeding rate

At 6 seeds per foot in rows 30" apart: about 1,000 seeds per 165 ft., 1 oz. per 1,650 ft. and roughly 11 oz. per acre.

Blanching

Hill soil around the stems two or three times during the season, a little higher each time, for a longer white shank. Leeks planted in deep dibbled holes need little or no hilling.

Harvest

When plants reach the size you want, loosen them with a garden fork and lift.

Storage

Trimmed and cleaned leeks keep for several weeks boxed in a humid cooler just above freezing, or in a root cellar with their roots set in moist sand, soil or peat.

Transplants per ounce

About 6,000 plants per oz. of seed, or about 96,000 per lb.

Packet

50 seeds.

Seeds per lb.

About 152,900 on average.

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