LEEK Malabare

Species: Leek
Latin name: Allium Porrum L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Malabare - Malabar
Other usual name: -
Variety: Malabare
Family: Liliaceous
Origin: Central Asia

The Malabare Leek: Early variety very productive of a rapid growth for harvest at the end of August, with bulky barrel and average length. The leek is one of the vegetables which grows all year in your garden, it is enough to have a late variety as well as a semi late variety to benefit this vegetable all year long. Used in our kitchens cooked, over backed, in tarts, soups and vinaigrettes.

Seed sowing: January to Mars in seedbed
Harvest leeks: At the end of August
Height: The leek plants reach 80 cm
Exposure: Shone upon

Sowing instructions: Sow seeds in seedbeds from January to March or directly in place from March to May approximately 1 cm from depth, tamp slightly.  Then transplant in place from April to August, or as soon as the leeks have the size of a pencil, think of cutting the foliage to allow a better rooting. In general the more deep you transplant the leek the more you will obtain a white stem, you can also use the method of successive ridging.

Sowing distance: 5 cm by 30 cm in line
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 10 °C
Seed germination: 15 to 20 days
Nutritional value: 42 Kcal for 100 gr.

Net weight of seeds: 4 gr +/- 2000 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.