Chicory 'Hollandse Middelvroeg'

  • Product number: 071000
  • Origin: Europe
  • Latin: Cichorium intybus

ORGANICALLY GROWN SEEDS! Produces thick and tightly closed heads. Ensilage by October. For cultivation with a covering layer of soil.

The chicory family includes endive, frizzy endive, and various types of chicory. Characteristic is the more or less present "bitterness," once despised and now highly valued. Let a plant "bolt" once: chicory flowers are usually beautifully blue in color and smell of vanilla!

Names:
Latin: Cichorium intybus
Dutch: Witlof
Also: Cichorei
English: Witloof Chicory

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Sowing method: Either sow in rows 50 cm apart in May-June and thin to 15 cm, or pre-sow in March-April in soil blocks and transplant in late May. Thinnings can be eaten like spinach or raw in salads. Detailed cultivation descriptions can be found online.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June

Harvesting time:

  • September
  • October

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Partial shade
  • Flower colour: Blue
  • Origin: Europe
  • Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Biennial
  • Attractive to insects: Various insects
  • Winter hardy: Moderately frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Moderate
  • Latin: Cichorium intybus
  • Dutch: Chicory
  • Also known as: Chicory
  • English: Witloof Chicory
  • All year round

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