ENDIVE GREEN MOSS CURLED - SEED

Description
Early Green Moss, Curled Endive Seeds 1695 Heirloom Vegetable. This plant deserves a place of honour in any salad lover’s garden! The fringed, emerald green leaves of this pretty endive are absolutely delicious in salads.The tender and very sweet inner leaves are the real prize! Growth is heavy with plants reaching 37 cm (15″) or more in diameter by the end of the season.

How to Grow
750 seed/gram. Sow seed directly outdoors in June, 6 mm (1/4″) deep in rows 60 cm (24″) apart. Thin seedlings to 20 cm (8″) apart within the row. To promote tenderness and to discourage bitterness, blanch the inner leaves by tying the larger outer leaves up over the centre about 7 to 10 days before harvesting – make sure the outer leaves are dry when you do this.

LIFECYCLE
Annual

PROPAGATION
Sow Direct

DAYS TO EMERGENCE
7 to 10

LIGHT
Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT
Bushy

FROST TOLERANCE
Can Withstand Light Frost

DAYS TO HARVEST
90

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy

HERITAGE
Heirloom

LENGTH OF ROW PACKET
One packet sows approximately 6 m (20') of row.

FAMILY NAME
Asteraceae

LATIN
Cichorum endivia crispa