Salad King Endive, Chicory

Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun / Partial Shade
Packet
Packet: 1,000 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 65
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Cichorium endivia

Salad King Endive, Chicory

The Salad King Endive lives up to its name, as it is the king of salads! It is a beautiful endive with vigorous and uniform growth. This variety's long, curled and deeply cut leaves have a dark green blade and pale green midrib. The Salad King Endive grows more spreading and is very slow bolting in hot weather while withstanding fall rains and light frost as well.
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Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun / Partial Shade
Packet
Packet: 1,000 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 65
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Cichorium endivia

Product Details

Weight

0.007

Depth

0.1

Height

4.5

Width

3.25

Plant Height

24-48"

Botanical Name

Cichorium endivia

Seed Type

Seed

Endive Head Type

Endive

Seeds Per Gram

812

Seeds Per Pound

368,000

Row Spacing

12-18"

Packet

1,000 Seeds

Sow Depth

1/8"

Seeds Per Ounce

23,000

Fruit Color

Green

Breed

Open-pollianted

Sun

Full Sun / Partial Shade

Types

Endive

Fruit

Dark Green to pale green middle

Life Cycle

Annual

Sow Method

Transplant

Plant Spacing

8-10"

Categories

Chicory

Germination

11,12,5,6,7,8,9,10

Days To Maturity (# Days)

65

Components

Growing Instructions

    Learning Download: How to Grow Chicory

Chicory is a great addition to any salad, and varietals include the more commonly known endive and radicchio. The leafy vegetable offers a nutty flavor to salads. Chicory is a cool-weather plant, tolerating the occasional frost.

Before Planting: Chicory is hardy and can be planted when frost is still around in spring. It is a cool weather crop and grows best at temperatures of 55–65°F. Careful variety selection is important for hot weather plantings.

Planting: For direct seeding, seeds will germinate from 45–85°F with highest germination at 75°F, depending on the variety and seed lot. Sow seeds 1″ apart, rows 12–18″ apart. Cover seed lightly, about 1/8″, and tap soil down gently. Thin to 8″ apart. Keep soil uniformly moist during germination and early growing. For transplanting, sow 2-3 seeds in cells, barely covering seeds with fine vermiculite, 3-4 weeks before transplanting outdoors. Shade the flats on sunny, warm days if necessary to keep the soil surface cool, below 70°F, until germination. Harden seedlings by reducing water and temperature for 4-5 days before planting outdoors. Properly hardened transplants can survive temperatures as low as 20°F. Transplant 8″ apart in rows 18″ apart. Transplant shallowly so that the base of the plant will be slightly above the soil to discourage bottom rot. For salad mix/baby leaf, sow 3-4 seeds per inch. Cover seeds lightly, about 1/8″, tap soil down gently and keep surface moist until emergence (3-10 days). Harvest at 5-6 weeks.

Watering: Chicory requires attentive weeding and well-drained soil. Water 1-2 inches per week.

Fertilizer: To retain moisture, add mulch around the plants. Fertilize with a nitrogen-based fertilizer.

Days to Maturity: Chicory leaves are ready to harvest when they reach about 12 to 18 inches in height. (See each variety for days to maturity)

Harvesting: Pull the plant, roots included, from the soil gently and chop off the root, but keep the leaves. If you plan on forcing chicory to grow chicons, cut the leaves so 1 inch remains above soil and follow the forcing process.

Tips: Chicory does best in full sun in a soil with a pH of 5.5 or greater.

AVG. Direct Seeding Rate: 1M/220′, 5M/1,100′, 10M/2,200′, 131M/acre at 3 seeds every 8″ in rows 18″ apart.

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