Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum

Information

Easy to grow in Dunedin.  Fill an unpartitioned seed tray with seed raising mix, scatter seeds on top and then cover with a light covering of seed raising mix.  Wait until the seedlings are about 6 inches in length and then plant out into the vege patch and wait.

Plant

In seed trays August through to April

Germination

10-15 days

Harvest

120-130 days

Varieties

Kings Seeds

Carentan Giant

Lungo della Riviera

Winter Giant

Yates

Welsh Wonder

 

Koanga Gardens

Lyon      

Multiplying

Musselburgh

 

Egmont Seeds

Musselburgh

Defiant F1 Hybrid

Vrizo Mini

My Experiments 

2011

Variety	Sowed	Germinated	Planted-Out	Expected  Harvest	Harvest
Winter Giant	12 Jan 2011	19 Jan 2011	1 March 2011	12 May 2011