Description
Hilari is an old favourite which has become hard to come by in recent years. It is a quick growing summer leek, producing lovely tall leeks with fresh green leaves. Best grown to harvest over the summer months. We recommend planting some leeks individually and others in clusters of 3-5 to be harvested early in bunches as baby leeks.
Sow: Mar-Apr undercover or outside. Sow thickly in a seed bed. You can make a seed bed in open soil or use a crate/large pot filled with a multipurpose compost.
Plant: Apr-May. Separate leek seedlings and trim roots and leaves by two thirds. This makes it easier to plant the leeks. Dib holes 20cm apart. Place 1 leek in each hole for big leeks, 3 in each hole for baby leeks. Do not recover with soil but water well.
Harvest: Jun-Sept
Kitchen: Almost as versatile as an onion. Slow cook to bring out sweetness or roast, barbecue & grill whole to add another flavour dimension. Pairs well with acid - lemon, white wine; fats - butter, cream, yogurt, cheese; aromatics - chervil, chives, tarragon, thyme.
1g (350 seeds). We pack seeds by weight, the number of seeds in a packet is an estimate
