{"product_id":"070090","title":"Blonde Chicory 'Sauvage Blonde Améliorée' 5g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis chicory, both in Italy and in France, is a widely used vegetable from bygone times. Like many forgotten vegetables, this variety is enjoying a well-deserved comeback!\u003cbr\u003eThe blond-green loose heads are sown in rows, preferably directly in their final location or in soil blocks. Harvesting can be done from a very young age as spinach, even as microgreens. For bleached cultivation, the plants need more space so that a good root can develop. You harvest the roots in stages in autumn and winter, cut off the green foliage (delicious as a stew) and place the root in the dark in a bucket or pot with some garden soil. The bleached loose leaves can be harvested for a long time and are wonderfully tender!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chicory family includes endive, radicchio, and various types of Belgian endive. Characteristic is the more or less present \"bitterness,\" formerly reviled and now highly appreciated. Let a plant \"bolt\" sometime: chicory flowers are usually beautifully blue and smell of vanilla!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNames:\u003cbr\u003eLatin: Cichorium intybus\u003cbr\u003eDutch: Blonde Groenlof\u003cbr\u003eAlso known as: Suikerbrood or Groenlof Pikantjes\u003cbr\u003eEnglish: Chicory Sugar Loaf\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vreeken","offers":[{"title":"5 g","offer_id":44176185589813,"sku":"070090","price":2.25,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/9092\/3573\/files\/070090.jpg?v=1750783756","url":"https:\/\/www.vreeken.nl\/en\/products\/070090","provider":"Vreeken's Zaden","version":"1.0","type":"link"}