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Cultivation
Cultivation
All about Belgian endive > Growing Endive
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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