Chicory – Italian Colours Seed
$4.95
CODE: WWSE6008Sow direct in the open at a depth of 2-3 cm approximately 30cm between rows. Thin seedlings out to 15cm apart. Green and red chicory should be 30cm apart in the row.
- A colourful mixture of red, green and white chicories and radicchio.
- Do not feed as most chicories prefer poorer soil. Watch out for snails and water as necessary.
- Sow all year round.
- Germination time: 10-14 days
- Crunchy fleshy leaves and stems are tender, crisp and succulent in salads when cut young or can be grown to maturity and used as a vegetable. These varieties have the ability to ‘cut and come again’ so most of them will resprout and grow again after the first harvest.