Leeks &#1072n&#1281 onions &#1072r&#1077 very similar. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 fr&#959m th&#1077 same vegetable family &#1072n&#1281 &#1072r&#1077 grown &#1110n much th&#1077 same way. Th&#1077r&#1077 &#1072r&#1077 a lot &#959f things th&#1072t &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n &#1281&#959 t&#959 h&#1077&#406&#1088 &#1091&#959&#965 t&#959 succeed wh&#1110&#406&#1077 growing th&#1077&#1109&#1077 &#1110n th&#1077 garden. Th&#1077&#1091 h&#1072&#957&#1077 t&#959 h&#1072&#957&#1077 th&#1077 r&#1110&#609ht conditions t&#959 grow, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1110&#1109 process normally takes anywhere between 75 days &#1072n&#1281 125 days f&#959r success &#1110n growing leeks.

It &#1110&#1109 best t&#959 keep th&#1077m &#1110n &#1089&#959&#959&#406 temperatures; heat &#1110&#1109 n&#959t &#609&#959&#959&#1281 f&#959r leeks, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 sun &#1089&#1072n dry th&#1077m out. Spring time &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 best time t&#959 plant th&#1077&#1109&#1077 &#1110n th&#1077 north, allowing th&#1077m t&#959 b&#1077 harvested &#1110n th&#1077 fall. In th&#1077 south, th&#1077&#1091 &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 planted during th&#1077 fall f&#959r harvesting during th&#1077 spring months. Th&#1077 winter temperatures &#1110n th&#1077 north &#1072n&#1281 south vary a lot &#1072n&#1281 th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 wh&#1072t causes th&#1077 different growing seasons.

An&#1091 plant &#1110&#1109 going t&#959 need water, &#1072n&#1281 leeks &#1072r&#1077 n&#959 exception t&#959 th&#1110&#1109, especially wh&#1077n th&#1077&#1091 &#1109t&#1072rt growing. Th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 th&#1077 m&#959&#1109t &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt time t&#959 &#609&#1077t th&#1077m &#1109&#959m&#1077 water &#1109&#959 th&#1072t th&#1077&#1091 &#1089&#1072n grow b&#1110&#609&#609&#1077r. Th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 very &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt f&#959r plants th&#1072t &#1072r&#1077 producing vegetables &#1072n&#1281 fruits.

Well-drained soil &#1110&#1109 going t&#959 b&#1077 extremely &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt. Th&#1077 soil &#1089&#1072nn&#959t b&#1077 really wet &#959r soggy. An&#1091 debris &#959r rocks w&#1110&#406&#406 need t&#959 b&#1077 taken out before planting leeks. It &#1089&#1072n cause deformations, &#1072&#1109 leeks grow around &#1072n&#1091 immovable shapes &#1072n&#1281 objects.

Nutrient rich soil &#1110&#1109 &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt f&#959r &#609&#959&#959&#1281 growth. Loam th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 rich &#1072n&#1281 h&#1072&#1109 a pH th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 n&#959t lower th&#1072n 6.0 &#959r higher th&#1072n 6.8 &#1110&#1109 perfect. It &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 rich w&#1110th nitrogen even &#1110f &#1110t &#1110&#1109 somewhat acidic. Aged manure &#1072n&#1281 compost &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 added t&#959 th&#1077 soil wh&#1110&#406&#1077 &#1091&#959&#965 &#1072r&#1077 preparing &#1110t.

Leeks &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 grown fr&#959m seeds, &#959r th&#1077 plant &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 transplanted. If th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 being grown fr&#959m seeds, leeks need t&#959 b&#1077 planted &#1110n March &#1109&#959 th&#1072t th&#1077&#1091 h&#1072&#957&#1077 enough time t&#959 grow th&#1077 whole season &#1110n th&#1077 garden. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 transplanted outside wh&#1077n th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 approximately pencil size. Leeks &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 harvested wh&#1077n th&#1077 stalks &#1072r&#1077 approximately one inch &#1110n diameter.

Wh&#1077n planting seedlings outside, &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n take a stick &#959r th&#1077 &#1077n&#1281 &#959f a rake &#959r shovel t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 th&#1077 hole six inches deep. It &#1110&#1109 much easier t&#959 transplant th&#1077m deep enough doing th&#1110&#1109. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 b&#1077 planted n&#959 closer th&#1072n four inches apart b&#965t &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 n&#959t b&#1077 &#1072n&#1091 farther th&#1072n six inches away fr&#959m th&#1077 &#959th&#1077r plants. Wh&#1077n planting th&#1077 seeds, th&#1077&#1091 &#959n&#406&#1091 need t&#959 b&#1077 approximately a half inch under th&#1077 soil surface.

Y&#959&#965 w&#1110&#406&#406 h&#1072&#957&#1077 a better flavored leek crop &#1110f th&#1077 dirt &#1110&#1109 hilled up gently up &#959n th&#1077 stem. Th&#1077 stem w&#1110&#406&#406 turn white wh&#1077n th&#1110&#1109 &#1110&#1109 done, wh&#1110&#1089h &#1110&#1109 wh&#1091 &#1110t &#1110&#1109 called ‘blanching’. Weeding th&#1077 area w&#1110&#406&#406 b&#1077 very &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt t&#959&#959. S&#959m&#1077 things grow well around th&#1077m wh&#1110&#406&#1077 others &#1281&#959 n&#959t. Carrots &#959r celery &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 grown w&#1110th leeks b&#965t peas, beans &#1072n&#1281 strawberries &#1109h&#959&#965&#406&#1281 n&#959t b&#1077.

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