Bright red stem and midvein, dark green leaf.
Eye-catching, dandelion-type chicory, definitely on the wild side. About 10% all-green plants. Avg. 21,300 seeds/oz. Packet: 200 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 35 baby, 55 full size
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Disease Resistance:
No disease information found.
Growing Information:
Chicory, Italian Dandelion
CULTURE: Start like lettuce by direct seeding or transplanting. Suitable for growing any time during the season. For full-size bunches, space 6-8" apart and clip leaves at any stage but especially when young, less than 10" tall. For salad mix, direct seed thickly (see rate below). Unharvested plants will eventually make a flower stalk with the characteristic blue chicory flowers. The flavor is bitter, with background sweetness.
DAYS TO MATURITY: From direct seeding; subtract 10-14 days if transplanting.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: For single heads 1,900'/oz., 1 lb./acre at 12 seeds/ft. in rows 18" apart. For salad mix (harvest at 4-5 wks.) sow in 2-4" wide bands, 4 seeds/in., 20'/1M; 100'/5M; 285'/oz.; 4,600'/lb.
TRANSPLANTS: 500 plants/M (2 seeds per cell thinned to one seedling)
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ: 21,000-25,000 (avg. 23,000).
PACKET: 200 seeds sows 14' full size 4' baby leaf.
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Cold Tolerant Variety does well at lower temperatures and may even be frost hardy. |
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Micro Mix Component A mixture of greens harvested at the seedling stage. Eaten fresh as a salad ingredient. |
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Salad Mix Component A mixture of lettuce and greens with different colors, flavors and textures, harvested at a tender, baby, bite-size stage. For fresh salads. |
