
Vegetables Β· Temperate
Leek
Amaryllidaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 15 cm
- USDA zones
- 4aβ9a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 22 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mixsandy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Pre-culture recommended
Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.
Stachi's tip
Leek is robust and winter-hardy. Plant it deep β the white shaft develops from soil contact. Top companion to carrot (mutual pest protection). Harvest August into deep winter.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
Good pre-cultures
These plants improve the soil / free the slot early:
Sources
- Kreuter, Bio-Garten
- Kosmos Gartenkalender
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage