Perennial Leek - Perpetual leek
Smaller than the annual leek, the perpetual leek offers many advantages! Perennial and very hardy (-25°C), it can be grown indefinitely. Its nutritional qualities make it a year-round ally in the kitchen. Raw or cooked, it will always find a place in the dining room.
Long abandoned, the perpetual leek (also known as wild leek, perennial leek or vine leek) is making a comeback in the garden!
Indeed, its hardiness, ease of cultivation (virtually no maintenance) and nutritional and therapeutic qualities make it an ally in the vegetable garden not to be overlooked. Raw, it adds a slightly piquant, spicy flavor to salads, and cooked, it can be used in many dishes in the same way as "classic" leeks.
A fine example of nature's generosity, it multiplies 10 to 20 times by bulblet and several hundred times by seed!
Perpetual leeks are harvested from August to June for in-place plantings. For spring transplants, the first harvest takes place between the third and fourth month of cultivation.
online, in nurseries, in the ground
Plant bulbils 5 cm deep, 10 cm apart in all directions, or in rows 30 cm apart (row planting makes hoeing and ridging easier).
Quite simple to grow, perpetual leek will adapt to almost any situation! Light, rich soil will undoubtedly improve yields, but at Kokopelli we get incredible results from even the hardest-to-work plots. Perpetual leek's hardiness means it can be grown successfully even in difficult gardens! To blanch the barrels, hoe and butter once or twice a season.
August, September, October
January, February, March, April, May, June, November, December
in the ground, in pot
semi-shade, sunny
low
all floor types
drained, furniture, fees, rich
Allium ampeloprasum
early
5 cloves
Green
40 cm
The use of the perpetual leek goes back to ancient times! It is thought to have been cultivated from the earliest days of agriculture, and we find it in the kitchen gardens of the Middle Ages. It is the ancestor of the cultivated leek Allium porum.
In addition to being an excellent condiment rich in iron, phosphorus, vitamins, etc., leeks are recognized for their therapeutic virtues (antiseptic, digestive, stimulating the body, etc.).
