Posted on October 12, 2022, by Nyasha Denhere
Every household needs delicious meals which are nutrient-packed and flavourful. Best meals are prepared by cooks who have enough supply of fruit, vegetables, meats, nuts, seeds, etc, but sometimes it can be very difficult to have 75% of these things in your kitchen. So a wise person must look for a way that is sustainable to ensure that you have a continuous supply of your food. So today, I would like to show your how you can grow your own leeks from the few that you get from your friends.
For your own information, I started with only three leeks but now I can feed my family for the whole year.
So let’s go into the garden,
you need :
Fresh tap water
A small container with a lid
One leek with roots
A knife
So we have the leek because we want to prepare good food. So we are going to use the upper part for cooking, and we are going to propagate the base part.
Here we go:
Cut the leek 2-5cm from the base, the keep the rest for cooking.
Now take your container with lead, and drill a hole that will allow the roots of your leek to get through, but the leek should not fall inside.
fill in the container with 3/4 of fresh water
We are almost there. Gently push your root inside the lid, allowing the roots to be the water.
The last thing is to take the container to a window seal
Leave it like that for some time so that some shoots appear. You can have more than ten shoots depending on how big and healthy your base of the leek was.
Wait for the leeks to grow tall, if they are about ten centimeters, you can harvest and cook, but today, we want to grow more so
Detach every shoot from the main stem, then transplant in good soil that has enough well-aged compost. Water when necessary, but make sure you have chosen a good sunny spot that receives enough daylight. Within a few months , you will be able to harvest your leeks and as you are harvesting, keep on repeating the process,
Your family will always enjoy tasting food if you do this.
Here is a link to the video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFjCp9S1/
We are what we eat!