HOW TO GROW GOOD LEEKS

Evening Star, Issue 22817, 27 November 1937, Page 24

HOW TO GROW GOOD LEEKS

Leeks are amongst the most wholesome and easily grown vegetables, being subject to few pests and diseases, and when planted out in prepared ground need less attention than most other kitchen garden crops. Notwithstanding this, it is hard to understand why so many gardeners are content with indifferent crops, or fail to give leeks the attention they merit. A small bed, say 60 plants, will meet the needs of the average amateur,_ and nothing is more useful as a winter crop than an early batch of leeks. There is a tendency with some vegetables that when they get largo they, become coarse. This is not so with leeks, as the larger they can be grown and well blanched the more profitable they are for the table. Leeks are worth something more than an out of the way corner, and the indifferent soil some gardeners give them. They deserve the best soil, rich and deep. Gardeners will go to great trouble in digging celery trenches, but do not think of digging out trenches for leeks, say 20in to 2ft deep, breaking up the base with the fork and incorporating it with the soil and then filling in the trench with the mixture and as much animal manure as is available. —‘ Taranaki Herald.