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Item Ref #: 997 | Red Leaved Chicory- Chicoree a Feuilles Rouge de Verone
Placed Outdoors

Description:

This variety will give you beautiful salad whose beautiful red ruby leaves will brighten your winter and spring salads.  

Culture Tip:

1. Sowing: Sow February to March in rows. 
2. Thinning: At 3-4 leaf stage, pull out the smallest seedling and keep only the most vigorous plants every 20 cm. 
3. Harvest: in fall cut the top part, leaving out the roots in the ground, those roots will give those beautiful small red heads. 

Companion Plant:

Grow chicory along with cabbage; this association will save space and watering.