Are my King Richard leeks OK?

This is the first year that I have grown leeks. Now that this confession is out in the open I can ask what would otherwise seem a very dumb question. I still have some King Richards out in my raised beds. Are they OK to leave out in this cold weather to pick when I need or should I be harvesting them now?

Leeks will sit through whatever weather our winters can throw at them.

DD, I believe there are some varieties that will only tolerate a light frost.  The variety I am growing, Jaune de Poitou is one of these (the Real Seeds website where I got them from suggests lifting before heavy frosts).  I believe King Richard is a similar variety.  So I would advise Grubbypaws to lift them before the depths of winter.

Thanks for this. The only way I am able to have space to grow leeks is to plant them in the potato bags once I have harvested my spuds. This year I sewed the seeds in modules and them planted them on as bags became free. It has worked really well with leeks becoming of size in a steady stream but it means that some were planted out quite late.

I used King Richard as I happened to have an old unused seed packet. I also thought that as it was an early cropping variety it wouldn’t mind having less time to grow. The leeks themselves are lovely tasting and looking.

I hadn't however realised that was less hardy. Is there a variety that would grow fast in my bags, taste good and be happy to 'sit through winter'?