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Robust lettuce heads

A traditional chicory variety. The chicory 'Hollandse Middelvroeg' (Cichorium tabytus) produces plump, tightly closed heads. They are delicious in a salad or in a casserole. The vegetable seeds are organically certified. Sow the vegetable seeds directly in rows in the garden from June. Dig up the carrots in the autumn and cut off the leaves 2 cm above the crown. Place the carrots straight up in a 25-cm-deep hole then cover them with soil and straw.
Space the chicory seeds 10 cm apart. Space the rows at a distance of 40 cm. Plant at a depth of 0.5 to 1 cm. Give the vegetable seeds a spot in partial shade or full sun. After sowing, water the seeds adequately. The vegetable seeds come in a bag containing approximately 0.5 grams. This is enough to sow 6 square metres.

Chicory Cichorium 'Hollandse Middelvroeg' - Organic 6 m² - Vegetable seeds

Cichorium intybus 'Hollandse Middelvroeg'

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Specifications
Edible
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September - November
Deciduous
Location: Half shadow
Planting
Chicory seed requires no prior treatment. Sow a short row every three weeks and you will have a continuous harvest of fresh chicory. How to Sow Sow under glass: February to April and September through October.
Sow in the garden: May to July
There are two ways to sow:
  1. These can be sown directly into the garden in a sunny spot from May through June. Loosen the soil with a fork to at least 30 cm deep. Make a straight grove approx. 1 cm deep and label the row. Mix the seed with dry, sharp sand and sow along the grove between thumb and forefinger as thinly as possible. Cover with half a centimetre of soil, press carefully down and sprinkle with water. Thin your seedlings out along the grove to one plant per 30 cm and extra rows 35 cm apart.
  2. Sow under glass (cold frame) in early spring and in September/October. Fill seed trays with a good, fine potting compost. Mix the seed with dry fine sand and sow evenly over the top of the soil. Cover with a maximum half a centimetre of soil and press it all lightly down. Sprinkle with water. Close the cold frame lid and only open it once the seeds have germinated.
Depending on temperature, the seeds should have germinated in 10-30 days and after 2 or 3 weeks the seedlings can be thinned out and transferred. If they've been sown in turf pots they can stay under glass or indoors for a while longer before planting out. Do plant a couple in the cold frame already so you can definitely harvest some early chicory. Don't let any of the soil dry out! Everything can go outside from mid-May at 30 cm intervals along a grove and rows at 35 cm apart. The soil should be fertile and moisture retaining. Chicory will also thrive in pots on your patio or decking!
 
Care
Water extra in periods of drought, keep the bed free of weeds and your chicory should thrive. Chicory likes a well fertilised soil so do add some liquid fertiliser to your watering can regularly for lush growth. Harvesting Harvest from May to October. If using a cold frame or greenhouse, earlier or later.
Usually ready to pick ten weeks from sowing.
Do try to prevent your chicory from bolting (growing a flower stem, then flower buds). You will see this happen sometimes in the summer but can vary per variety of chicory. Just try to keep harvesting them on time before it does this.
Green chicory and red chicory
Cut these right at the base of the head, in the soil. Throw the outer leaves away.
Red chicory and white chicory
These are harvested with the use of the back of a rake in the autumn, root and all. Then cut the head of leaves from the root.
If pulling up in this way, plant the remaining roots in buckets or large planters (or just dig them back in if you have loads). Store the planters in a dark space and the roots will grow a second crop - white or white with a red edge to the leaf. After just a few months (usually already in the winter) you will be able to harvest a 2nd crop. The white ones grow less quickly but once they're as big as you want them, just cut them off with a sharp knife.
Extra
Chicory leaves in all varieties have delicious, tender leaves. The crop heads come in white, red or green. White chicory is not quite so bitter as green or red.
Commercial growers of chicory use giant coolers to enable the consumer to enjoy chicory all year round. They have also managed somehow to produce less bitter chicory varieties and these are more preferred by children.
Chicory is classified under Chichorium intybus var. follosum and falls under Compositae.
 
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Robust lettuce heads

A traditional chicory variety. The chicory 'Hollandse Middelvroeg' (Cichorium tabytus) produces plump, tightly closed heads. They are delicious in a salad or in a casserole. The vegetable seeds are organically certified. Sow the vegetable seeds directly in rows in the garden from June. Dig up the carrots in the autumn and cut off the leaves 2 cm above the crown. Place the carrots straight up in a 25-cm-deep hole then cover them with soil and straw.
Space the chicory seeds 10 cm apart. Space the rows at a distance of 40 cm. Plant at a depth of 0.5 to 1 cm. Give the vegetable seeds a spot in partial shade or full sun. After sowing, water the seeds adequately. The vegetable seeds come in a bag containing approximately 0.5 grams. This is enough to sow 6 square metres.

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