ENDIVE VARIETIES
  • Broadleaf Batavian Broadleaf Batavian
    Broadleaf Batavian

    HEIRLOOM. A beautiful variety with large, broad, slightly twisted lettuce-like leaves formed around 12 - 16" creamy-yellow tight packed heads. Young...

  • Green Curled Ruffich Green Curled Ruffich
    Green Curled Ruffich

    HEIRLOOM. Dark-green curly leaves with full, white blanching hearts. 12 - 18" diameter low-lying, spreading plants. 75 - 98 days.

ALL ABOUT ENDIVE
Endive
seeds per oz.: 18000
seed wt per row: 18000
yield per 100' row: 80-100 heads
days to maturity: 85-100
time to viability: 4 - 5 years
soil temperature: 50 - 85
planting depth: 1/4 - 1/2"
seed spacing: 1"
row spacing: 18"
mature spacing: 6"
succession: n
self seeding: y
Description: Delicious, highly nutritious and attractive, members of the chicory family are a great addition raw to any salad in addition to being delicious braised or steamed. Radicchio is a luscious purple/maroon headed vegetable, while endive has a green upright structure, which is prized for its tangy inner leaves. Nutrients: Endive = very high in vitamins A, K and folate; vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc and copper; Radicchio = high in vitamin K, vitamins C and E, folate, phosphorous, potassium, zinc, copper. manganese.
Guidelines: Growing: Frost hardy perennials that are usually grown as an annual. Direct seed or transplant in mid-spring and summer. Plant Seeds: 1/4-1/2" deep with 1" between seeds, in rows 18" apart. Soil Temp: 50-85?F. Days to Emergence: 4-15. Thin To/Mature Plant Spacing: 6". Seeds/Oz: 18,000. Average Yield/100' Row: 80-100 heads. Days to Harvest: 85-100. Seed Viability: 3-4 years. Companions: Celery, Eggplant, Lettuce, Parsley, Sweet Potato.
Companions:
Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato

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Lettuce

Lettuce

Lettuce

celery