In today's video, learn the step-by-step process to grow Leeks without starting them in modules. Leeks are a hardy crop that ...

Hardy, quick-growing, and the standout star of countless recipes, leeks are an excellent starting point for anyone hoping to ...

The onions and leeks will grow through winter, even under snow, though not to full size. In late winter/early spring, dig up all the leeks, which should be quite long. Cut them down to 10 inches.

Leeks grow best in cool climates, or you can grow them as a fall-to-spring crop where summers are hot. Growing leeks requires moist, fertile soil with a pH between 6.0 and 7.0. Types of Leeks ...

It can take 120 to 150 days in the ground for leeks to grow to full size. Leeks are a hardy winter vegetable. Capps found his leeks survived last winter when the temperatures dropped to 4 degrees.

Milder and sweeter than most onions, leeks can be eaten raw or cooked. In the garden, their 6-inch-wide purple globes of flowers catch the eye.

Alliums, including onions, garlic, leeks, chives and shallots, are easy to grow and really enhance the flavor of food. Some also produce pretty flowers.

Like humans who have similar traits to our relatives, so does the plant genus, Allium, part of the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allium genus is made up of edibles (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and ...

Jeff Cantara, who grows 1,500 leeks annually at his New Roots Farm in Newmarket, N.H., suggests a better way: Plant the seedlings in a furrow, then gradually fill in the soil as the leeks grow.