Cultivation
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A plump white chicory
A plump white chicory
- Family: Composite
- Culture: Biennial
- Climate: Moderate
- Length: Up to 45 cm
Growing
Endive cultivation takes place in four stages:
- in May, the chicory is sown in open fields, and it takes 170 days for it to produce roots;
- in October, the roots are pulled up; the leaves are cut down to 2 cm above the crown and the rootlets removed;
- the roots are then forced, either in a cellar or in earth covered with straw, for 21 days to produce a very white, compact endive;
- finally the endive is broken off from the root by hand and the outer leaves removed to produce a tight, firm head.
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