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Lettuce Sugar Loaf Chicory Salad
1,750 KWD
Grow Sugar Loaf Chicory Salad for tightly packed, bag-shaped heads with a mild flavor. Tolerates light frost and stores well. Sow in sunny spots.
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Versatile Sugar Loaf Chicory Salad
Discover the unique Sugar Loaf Chicory Salad (*Cichorium intybus*), an even and early selection that forms tightly filled, high-necked heads with a distinctive bag-like shape. This forcing chicory offers a mild and slightly bitter flavor that mellows with maturity or proper preparation.
Enjoy fresh salads well into the late season, as Sugar Loaf chicory tolerates a little frost and stores remarkably well, often lasting until March.
Easy Sowing and Careful Cultivation
When sowing your Sugar Loaf chicory seeds, cover them only lightly. Germination can be uneven, occurring after 6–15 days with an optimal temperature of 21–25 °C. Cultivate early sowings in warmth from the beginning to prevent premature bolting (shooting).
Space rows 30 cm apart and plants 30 cm apart within the row. Thin seedlings if necessary and avoid planting them too deeply during transplanting.
Optimal Location and Harvesting
Choose a location that is as sunny and sheltered as possible for your Sugar Loaf chicory. It has low soil requirements, but regular loosening of the soil is beneficial. A moderate fertilizer application with basic fertilization is usually sufficient. Harvest your Sugar Loaf heads before hard frosts below -5 °C. When harvested firmly and properly, this chicory is storable for a long time, allowing you to enjoy fresh salads throughout the late fall and winter.
Nutritious and Flavorful Salad Green
Use Sugar Loaf chicory by cutting it into narrow strips for a delicious and nutritious salad. It is reported to have a beneficial effect on the nervous system, circulation, and digestion.
- Type: Forcing Chicory (Sugar Loaf)
- Head Shape: Tightly filled, high-necked, bag-shaped
- Flavor: Mild, slightly bitter (mellows with age/preparation)
- Frost Tolerance: Tolerates a little frost
- Storage: Stores well, often until March
- Sowing: Lightly cover seeds
- Germination: 6-15 days at 21-25 °C
- Plant Spacing: 30 cm x 30 cm
- Location: Sunny, sheltered
- Harvest: Before -5 °C frosts
Order your Lettuce Sugar Loaf Chicory Salad seeds today and enjoy fresh, homegrown chicory with a unique shape and mild flavor!
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