Organic Heart-Hearted Scarole Blonde Chicory Seed Bag

Early, rustic and productive variety, forming beautiful broad-leaved apples, thick and crunchy. Heart curly and very full, whitening naturally. For autumn harvests.

Use: Gustatif - Vegetable square, vegetable garden

Difficulty: Easy

Profit: Beautiful apple whitening naturally

Companion plants: Chicory likes to be close to endives, carrots, turnips, cucumbers, radishes and leeks.

Sowing period: April to July

Harvest period: July to November

Rise: 4-5 days

Exposure: Sun

Watering: Medium

Temperature: 15oC

Soil: All types of soils.

Yield: 2 x 3 m

1. I sow:

Sow in lines from April to July, under cold chassis for an early crop. Or in a nursery from May to July, in the middle of the earth, on sunny exposure, for a seasonal culture.

2. I talk:

Plant in the ground 3 weeks later with a spread of 40 x 40 cm. Water regularly, especially in hot weather to avoid seeding. 10 days before harvest, blanch salads to remove the bitterness of the leaves (deprive the heart of the plant with light by placing an opaque bell).

3. I harvest:

Harvest 12 to 14 weeks after sowing and once salads are blanched.

Tricks:

Surround wood ash plants to control low leaf pests, such as moths and slugs.
On pain of an early flowering (seed climb), which makes the products unconsumable, the germination of chicory seeds must be very fast. If the seedlings are slow to rise, don't hesitate to start over.
To prevent heart rot, whiten salads only when the foliage is perfectly dry.