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ChicoryChicory is one of those plants that is widely used in europe but undervalued in Australia. A bitter leafed lettuce type plant it grows easily from seed. Often found in Italian market gardeners stalls and some good greengrocers many home gardeners are turning to grow 'cicoria lettuce' or 'cicoria lettuce' for themselves.
Grow your own Chicory Endive or RadicchioChicory Endive or Radicchio are all names for a group of closely related plants. All are vavieties of Chichorum intybus. Chicory Endive or Radicchio all require similar conditions, plant seeds in spring for a autumn early winter -harvest. Sow direct to soil and thin to 25cm. Chicory can be planted in late winter to early spring, after the frosts are over. It is harvested before summer. Chicory is also grown for the roots which are baked, added to soups and dried and used as a coffee alternative, and we also have chicory tea. Generally chicory is blanched and eaten as a salad or green. |
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