Showing posts with label blue solaize leek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue solaize leek. Show all posts

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Blue Solaize Leek


Beautiful French heirloom, truly blue-colored leaves that turn violet after a cold spell. Very large, 15-20" stalks, sweet medium-long shaft, extremely hardy. Good for short-season areas and winter harvest. 100-120 days from transplant.
Planting Instructions: Start seedlings indoors 4-6 weeks before transplanting. Sow seeds in flats 1/4" deep and spaced 1" in all directions. Transplant as soon as soil can be worked in early spring.
Seed Saving Instructions: Biennial. Onions cross-pollinate and should by isolated by 1 mile from other onions going to seed. Select only the best bulbs for seed. Bulbs store 3-6 months at 32-45 degrees F. Plant out bulbs in early spring and allow them to form seed heads. when heads start to dry, cut off, dry further and thresh.