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'Jolant' Leek Plants
Everything you want from a leek!
Grown by Josh
South Downs National Park
The highlights
- Moreish mild, slightly sweet flavour profile
- Seriously impressive crop yield
- Cook up in butter for a sumptuous side dish
- Plant in spring, harvest throughout autumn
Description
- A stalwart of the leek world, ‘Jolant’ is an early variety and a firm favourite of both gardeners and chefs across the country
- Hardy in nature, this mean, green, growing machine will survive winter temperatures down to -10°C
- Grow in rows in a raised bed, allotment or borders - leeks don't take up much space!
- This variety has a sweet, mild flavour and tender texture, making it ideal for cooking. Harvest as baby leeks or leave to grow to full size
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Plant out in spring for harvesting from late summer into early winter
- Good resistance to bolting (growing flower stalks)
- Premium leek plants grown on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
- Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon "plantprint" than anything you can buy from a shop
- Easy to grow and care for; you should see your first crop within 15-20 weeks
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How To Grow
Good pest and disease resistance
Leeks can be affected by slugs and snails, leek moth, onion fly and onion thrips. Possible diseases include leek rust, onion white rot, downy mildews, foot and root rots, fungal leaf spots. Most of these can be prevented by spacing the leeks well so that they have good airflow between them.
Water often in summer
Water your leeks well when they are young and regularly in hot or dry conditions.
Full sun to partial shade
Leeks prefer to be in full sun but can tolerate a bit of light shade. Position them ideally where they will get 6-8 hours of sunlight daily.
Fertile, well drained soil
Leeks will grow in fertile, well-drained soil. If your soil is very sandy or clay heavy, use a mix of three parts quality compost and one part topsoil. For best results, dig in some manure.
Feed when planting
Leek plants will benefit from a feed of good organic fertiliser when they are planted - well rotted manure, chicken manure pellets or worm castings are good. Manure should be dug into the planting soil rather than applied afterwards, to prevent the nitrogen burning the plants.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet Josh
Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs
Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.
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Our plants are grown in the UK
Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.
Our plants are delivered overnight
Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 24 hours.
We’re here to help at every step
We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team of experts.
Perfect plants, guaranteed
We’re confident that you’ll be delighted with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re perfectly happy.
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How do I know I'm getting quality plants?
All of our plants are grown in specialist nurseries with the highest standards of plant care and sustainability. We guarantee you'll love them as much as we do! Don't just take our word for it - we've got thousands of great reviews on Trustpilot.
When will I get my plants?
The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.
How will my plants be packed and delivered?
We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.
Where do you deliver?
We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.
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What customers say about us
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Excellent delivery and service
Well, the delivery was spot on, the tree looks healthy enough for a sleeping plant, although at the moment most of the branches are on one side of the trunk which in itself is bent banana-style. quite wonky. One can only hope that it grows into a fruitful plant with some character?
30 January
Nice sized tree in good condition
Time will tell on the quality of the product (bare-root apple trees), but the stems that arrived seemed in great condition and very well packaged so no damage in transit. Looking forward to Spring!
Ange
Appears v healthy
Very happy with purchase
Ms Arlene Bocking
Lovely tree
So happy with my purchase of my Braeburn Hillwell apple tree from Roots Plants. It arrived promptly, well packaged and in a good, healthy condition. I soaked it for an hour before planting and it's doing well. Looking forward to our home grown apples, in time.
Ms Arlene Bocking
It has picked up now and is growing well
It arrived in a heat wave and looked a little bit sorry for itself when planted out but it has picked up now and is growing well.
David Osborne
Good service all round
Arrived on time as the seller said it would and the courier gave me a time slot to track my parcel. It came well packaged and was of good quality for this time of year. It looks a good and healthy tree and will be planted up in a few weeks after the ground has been prepared. I’m pleased with my purchase.
Helen