Columbus leeks, Caprice seeds 20pcs x 0.2g

Leeks are two-year-old plants, although in the south of the country, where they are left in the soil for wintering, they can bear fruit as a perennial crop. It is valued for its long silvery-white oblong bulb (false stem or “leg”), which tastes much more tender and aromatic than onions, contains a lot of potassium, vitamins, and has a diuretic effect. The plant starts slowly – the seeds germinate in small fragile shoots, the diameter of which, even two months after germination, does not exceed 2-3 mm. But after a couple of months, the leek strikes with royal, atypical for onion plants in size – up to 1.5 m high and a food organ (“leg”) weighing up to 400 g. Long flat leaves look like garlic, grow in a beautiful fan. The root system is powerful, fibrous type, if the plant is buried in sand or peat for the winter, able to feed it until spring. Kicks out the arrow and gives seeds in the second year of the growing season. Leeks are characterized by a long growing season: early varieties – 90–130 days, medium – 150–160, late –180–200 days. This feature is due to the agricultural technology of vegetable crops – in the conditions of the middle zone, the Urals, Siberia, the seedling method of growing is most often used.