Variety profile
Leek ‚Hannibal’
Allium ampeloprasum · Amaryllidaceae
- Ripening
- mittelspät
- Harvest
- Week 1 to 2, Week 40 to 52
- Vigour
- stark
- Origin
- Niederlande
- Open-pollinated
- Yes
- Use
- Kochen, Frisch
- Disease resistance
- Kälte: mittel, Rost: mittel
About this variety
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A high yielding autumn and early winter variety with long, even shanks and vigorous growth. Hannibal convinces with how well it stands in the bed and with a certain resilience against leek rust, which troubles many leek varieties in a wet autumn. You harvest it from early autumn into late winter, as long as there is no prolonged hard frost. A modern, dependable variety for a long harvest window in the home garden.
Balanced, mildly savoury, neither sharp nor bland. The long white shanks are tender and versatile in the kitchen.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
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