That sounds like a clumping or walking onion to me. I've never seen a leek do that.
Leek seed heads are like onion seed heads: harvest when the seeds are black and dry.
Oh that means I still have to wait a bit they are still whitish purple. Yes it is definitively a leek I know it. It has been pretty wet recently and because the others
were sprouting I thought it is time to harvest them. That is a long wait especially because they don't keep very long. I guess I will plant them into a bed and sell leek seedlings after giving away a ton of seeds.
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