Descripción

Sabor dulce y suave. Los puerros tienen un sabor delicado, muy parecido al de la cebolla dulce y suave, y son muy apreciados en la cocina gourmet. Los tallos blancos y tiernos, que pueden medir hasta 25 cm de largo, se utilizan para dar sabor a sopas y guisos, y requieren varios meses desde la siembra hasta la cosecha.

Comience en el interior entre 10 y 12 semanas antes de la última helada prevista.

Especificaciones

  • Plant Name: American Flag Leek (Allium ampeloprasum)
  • Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
  • Plant Class: Allium Vegetable (Biennial grown as Annual)
  • Color: Creamy white shank with dark blue-green foliage
  • Plant Characteristics: Long thick stems, non-bulbing habit, broad upright leaves, tender mild flesh
  • Suitable Space: Deep vegetable beds, raised beds, trench plantings, garden rows
  • Season: Cool Season (Late Summer through Winter)
  • Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Start indoors late February to March (8–10 weeks before last spring frost); transplant outdoors late April to May; or direct sow outdoors early May.
  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours direct sunlight daily)
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What is included?

Contains about 1 gram of seeds

Check out the growing specs for the specific organic heirloom seeds you bought.

Good to know
  • Exceptional cold hardiness; can overwinter in garden beds for early spring digging
  • Mild, delicate, sweet onion flavor highly sought after for gourmet cooking
  • Heavy yields of thick, uniform stems with high resistance to bolting
  • Requires a long growing season (100–120 days) to reach full size
  • Needs regular hilling or soil trenching to blanch long, tender white shanks

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