giant leek

[ruud]

I have got some seeds from a kind of leek,i have never heard from.It is called mammoth pot.My question is how to handle this.How big do they grow?

[ruud]

[grawrc]

Hi Ruud! I know nothing about Mammoth pot leeks or indeed pot leeks in general, but when I googled I found this:http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/vegging-out/growing-pot-leeks_347.html

I hope it might help.

[ruud]

Thanks grawrc for the side i have now some information to read.

[davyw1]

Looking at your heading ruud i hope you dont think that they are giant leeks as in what goes on a show bench, i have never found them to grow any bigger than than Autumn giant type.

If you do intend to try and grow them for the show bench then i would not recommend the method that has been show and also you really do need a Greenhouse with heat to bring them on and a pollytunnel to grow them in.polytunnel

[goodlife]

I grow unknown variety of pot leek and those stems grow easily about 3 inches across thick. Pot leeks don't growth 'mammoth' size in length but in their stem thickness. I don't let mine set seed..I 'shave' the flowers off and let it set 'babies' on the flower head that I carefully remove and grow on in modules that are transplanted into ground later on in spring. I find that you get much better quality and size pot leeks from the 'babies' than from seed.
They are not quite as hardy neither than ordinary leeks..so remember to lift few of your best plants up in autumn..pot them up..and keep in GH over winter (mine is in unheated)for the flower heads following spring/summer.

[aob9]

I've grown this variety for the past couple of years and have just started harvesting this years crop. Like someone else said it's not a Giant per se but Mammoth is a good sized leek with a really excellent flavour. Of course, getting leeks to grow large is dependent on optimal conditions.   I've often thrown leftover transplants into an old corner and ended up with reasonably good leeks despite the lack of attention.