Witloof Chicory

Plant spring, summer and fall for beautiful bitter-sweet salad greens. Leaves are dark green with deep red stems and veins. (12-18”) Garnet Stem Catalogna features tall dandelion-like leaves for mesclun.

The leaves are mildly bitter and delicious. 55 days (baby greens), 150 days (forced chicons). 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.

25,000 seeds/oz.; 1-3 lbs./acre; 10-21 days. Seeds go dormant when soil temperature is over 80°F. It can be planted any time soil temperatures are 65-70°F. 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. Plant Red Verona Radicchio in June for fall harvest of small, gourmet, cabbage-like heads that turn burgundy red.

Harvest leaves the first year and in mild climates overwinter for succulent flower stems. Seeds go dormant when soil temperature is over 80°F. Harvest at baby leaf size or full size.

Midsummer plantings can be made in cold frames for the longest harvest window. (4” heads) Palla Rossa 3 is a gorgeous radicchio type chicory. Seeds go dormant when soil temperature is over 80°F.

Though chicory is most famously used in teas, it has also traditionally been used to flavor coffees as well. Chicory seeds can be planted in the most challenging of conditions, and actually tend to thrive in less-than-ideal soil.

Mild, slightly bitter flavor. Shade the flats on sunny, warm days if necessary to keep the soil surface cool, below 75°F (24°C), until germination. Careful variety selection is important for hot weather plantings.

Summer crops can be successful if nights are cool (below 60°F/16°C).If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will either replace the item or refund the purchase price.

Cover seed lightly, about 1/8", and firm soil gently. It is a cool weather crop and grows best at temperatures of 60–65°F (15.5–18.3°C). Dense, heavy heads of mildly bitter leaves suitable for salads or sauteing.

Shade the flats on sunny, warm days if necessary to keep the soil surface cool, below 75°F (24°C), until germination. High bolt tolerance.For North American production, these varieties are vast improvements over older types, but are still not perfectly...

Careful variety selection is important for hot weather plantings. Like all T.F.M. types, it can be sensitive to tipburn and requires an attentive grower. Dry soil must be watered to ensure coolness and moisture, and for uniform germination.

Other maturities listed are from transplant; add about 10 days if direct seeding.1M/160', 5M/830', 25M/4,150', 175M/acre at 6 seeds/ft. Packet: 200 seeds.Endive is hardy and can be planted as early as the soil can be worked.

Tie the heads closed one week before harvest to blanch the center to a creamy white color. 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.

Thin to 8" apart; thinnings may be transplanted. Summer crops can be successful if nights are cool (below 60°F/16°C).If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will either replace the item or refund the purchase price.

In rows 18" apart. Harvest at 4-5 weeks.Clip individual leaves or harvest whole head by cutting with a knife just above the root attachment. Firm soil gently, and keep surface moist until emergence in 3-5 days (or longer in cold weather).

Other maturities listed are from transplant; add about 10 days if direct seeding.1M/160', 5M/830', 25M/4,150', 175M/acre at 6 seeds/ft. Packet: 200 seeds.Endive is hardy and can be planted as early as the soil can be worked.

Dry soil must be watered to ensure coolness and moisture, and for uniform germination.Sow 2-4" wide bands, 6 seeds/in. Radicchio is hardy and can be planted as early as the soil can be worked.

Shade the flats on sunny, warm days if necessary to keep the soil surface cool, below 75°F (24°C), until germination. Suitable for all cropping seasons.For North American production, these varieties are vast improvements over older types, but are still...

The cultivation is very similar. ) is an herbaceous biennial that is not native to the United States but has made itself at home. Planting chicory in cooler climates should be done three to four weeks before the danger of frost has passed.Sow chicory...

In rows 18" apart. Harvest at 4-5 weeks.Clip individual leaves or harvest whole head by cutting with a knife just above the root attachment. Firm soil gently, and keep surface moist until emergence in 3-5 days (or longer in cold weather).