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Leek
Musselburgh
Musselburgh is a traditional Scottish leek with thick, robust stems and excellent winter hardiness. It is a reliable heritage variety that has been grown in UK gardens for over 150 years and tolerates severe frost well. Produces long white shanks and broad, blue-green leaves.
Key facts
- Growth habit
- upright
- Produce type
- stem
- Support
- none
- Sun
- full sun
- Days to harvest
- 150–250 days
- Avg. yield
- 200-350 g per stem
- Watering
- medium
- Frost sensitivity
- low
For all leek issues and threats, see the Leek page.