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(Cichorium intybus)
Product ID: 375
For salad mix or bunching.
Long, deep green, slender, deeply cut leaves with white midribs. Slow-bolting and upright. Avg. 25,000 seeds/oz. Mini: 350 seeds.
Plant Cycle: (A) Days to Maturity or Bloom: 28 baby, 48 full size
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Diseases Explained:
No disease information found.
Growing Information:
Italian Dandelion
CULTURE: Start like lettuce by direct seeding or transplanting. Suitable for growing anytime 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 1,750'/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., avg. rate 285'/oz., 4,600'/lb. TRANSPLANTS: Avg. 12,600 plants/oz. SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ: 21,000. MINI: 0.5 gm. (avg. 350 seeds, direct seeds 25')
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Cold Tolerant Variety does well at lower temperatures and may even be frost hardy. |
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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. |
