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Growing Baby-Leaf Chicory: Endive & Italian Dandelion
How to grow chicory, including endive and Italian dandelion, for baby leaf: soil pH, sowing density, succession planting, cutting for regrowth and seeding rates.
By Hensley’s Seed Co.
Baby Leaf Chicory - Key Growing Information
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Cichorium spp.
CULTURE:
Chicory likes a soil pH of 5.5–6.5. It can be sown at any point in the season but grows best in cool weather. For growing full-size heads, see the Endive/Escarole culturepage and the Italian Dandelion culturepage.
DAYS TO MATURITY:
Counted from emergence of direct-sown seed.
DIRECT SEEDING:
Plant 3–5 seeds per inch in rows 2" or more apart.
SUCCESSION PLANTING:
Sow roughly every two weeks for a steady supply. HARVEST: Cut with a knife once leaves are about 3–6" long, roughly an inch above the soil and above the basal plate so plants regrow cleanly. A second cutting is usually ready in 5–14 days, depending on variety.AVG. SEEDING RATE: Endive and escarole, about 250' per oz. and 4,000' per lb. Italian dandelion, about 285' per oz. and 4,600' per lb.
SEED SPECS:
About 18,900 seeds per oz. on average.
PACKET:
200 seeds per packet; endive, escarole and Italian dandelion each sow about 4'.
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