Define Chicory

It can be eaten young as a leafy green in salads, forced in the winter for white heads or the roots can be dried, ground and mixed with coffee. The mature heads are narrow and dark green when field grown.

Miscuglio Mixture is a mix of every kind of heading chicory and some leaf chicories. 25,000 seeds/oz.; 1-3 lbs./acre; 10-21 days. Seeds go dormant when soil temperature is over 80°F.

Bittersweet flavor. Seeds go dormant when soil temperature is over 80°F. 25,000 seeds/oz.; 1-3 lbs./acre; 10-21 days. Plant Red Verona Radicchio in June for fall harvest of small, gourmet, cabbage-like heads that turn burgundy red.

With its white stems and dark green leaves, our Certified Organic Catalogna Emerald looks like dandelion but has mild flavor and tender leaves. Seeds go dormant when soil temperature is over 80°F.

Plant midsummer for mature heads in fall with typical red color. (4” heads) Palla Rossa 3 is a gorgeous radicchio type chicory. Spring plant for baby leaves. It forms tight crunchy heads in the fall that hold for months.

Plant outdoors in a sunny spot with proper drainage. Chicory Seeds Chicory is a very versatile plant that is equally cherished as a flower and as an herb. Chicory seeds can be planted in the most challenging of conditions, and actually tend to thrive...

Cool quickly by dunking in cold water, drain, and refrigerate.: Our varieties are nicely self blanching, but if a thorough white or cream blanch is desired use the French technique: about 3 days before harvest, rest a 4Baby leaf maturities are from direct...

Harvest at 5-6 weeks.Radicchio grows best in cool or mild weather, i.e. fall, winter, and spring. Firm soil gently, and keep surface moist until emergence in 3-5 days (or longer in cold weather).

It is a cool weather crop and grows best at temperatures of 60–65°F (15.5–18.3°C). Properly hardened transplants can survive temperatures as low as 20°F (-6°C).Seeds will germinate from 41–85°F (5–29°C), but the highest germination percentage...

Cover seed lightly, about 1/8", and firm soil gently. High bolt tolerance.For North American production, these varieties are vast improvements over older types, but are still not perfectly uniform or completely predictable.

Cover seeds lightly, about ⅛". A small endive technically of the French Tres Fine Maraichere type, often referred to as "frisee" in the salad mix trade. Like all T.F.M. types, it can be sensitive to tipburn and requires an attentive grower.

In rows 18" apart. Organically grown. Cover seeds lightly, about ⅛". Sow seeds 1" apart, rows 12-18" apart. Packet: 200 seeds.Endive is hardy and can be planted as early as the soil can be worked.

Does best in spring or fall under cooler conditions. An old French heirloom frisee endive forms a heart of finely cut, frilly leaves that are mildly bitter, and deliciously crispy in gourmet salad mixes.

Transplant shallowly so that the base of the plant will be slightly above the soil to discourage bottom rot.Seeds will germinate from 41-85°F (5-29°C), but the highest germination percentage will occur around 75°F (24°C), depending on the variety...

Harvest at 4-5 weeks.Clip individual leaves or harvest whole head by cutting with a knife just above the root attachment. Like all T.F.M. types, it can be sensitive to tipburn (particularly in hot weather) and requires an attentive grower.

In rows 18" apart. Organically grown. Cover seeds lightly, about ⅛". Sow seeds 1" apart, rows 12-18" apart. Packet: 200 seeds.Endive is hardy and can be planted as early as the soil can be worked.

Radicchio is hardy and can be planted as early as the soil can be worked. Optimum germination results at soil temperatures of 60-68°F (15.5-20°C).Sow in flats, 4 seeds/in., or in 3/4" plug trays, barely covering seeds with fine vermiculite, 3-4 weeks...

Cover seed lightly, about 1/8", and firm soil gently. Suitable for all cropping seasons.For North American production, these varieties are vast improvements over older types, but are still not perfectly uniform or completely predictable.

Planting chicory seed 75 to 85 days before anticipated harvest will ensure a late crop.Chicory herb plants that are to be forced for blanched leaves will need to have the roots dug up before the first frost.

Harvest at 4-5 weeks.Clip individual leaves or harvest whole head by cutting with a knife just above the root attachment. 22,400 seeds/oz. Sow seeds 1" apart, rows 12-18" apart. Relatively tolerant to heat and cold for growing year-round.

Harvest at 5-6 weeks.Radicchio grows best in cool or mild weather, i.e. fall, winter, and spring. Firm soil gently, and keep surface moist until emergence in 3-5 days (or longer in cold weather).