Endive plant

How to grow Endive plant growing and care:

Weed free, moist, mulch, cold weather

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seedling / Seed

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No

Difficulties or problems when growing:
?

Planting season:
Spring or autumn, in warm summer climate in autumn

Pests and diseases:
Lettuce aphid, leaf-miners, slug

Pruning season:
All season

How to prune:
Dead leaves and if there is no use in the seeds recommend cutting the inflorescence

Size of the plant?
Top size 5-20 cm (2-8 inches) root size is 5-12 cm (2-10 inches).

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Spring / Summer

General information about the flower
Blue flower in small size 1-3 cm, the flowers grow on inflorescence

Pollination is done by:
Bees

Uses of Endive plant flower:
Salad

Subspecies

Curly Endive plant – leaves color white, green or yellow can be more than one color, leaves slender serrated like a feather.

Belgian Endive plant – leaves color green with white or mostly white when it grow in the dark.

Radicchio – leaves color green, inner leaves grow like head with color red with white vein.

Edible leaves

Leaves harvesting season
50-70 days

How to harvest the leaves?
Can be cut leaf by leaf at the time or all the haed

Information about leaves:
Leaves color white, green, red or yellow can be more than one color, leaves slender serrated like a feather.

Uses of Endive plant leaves:
Salad, pickle

Edible Roots

Information about Endive plant root:
White with brown peel with sweet taste, the root size is 5-12 cm.

When to pull up Endive plant root:
All year

Uses of Endive plant root:
Beverage

Scientific name:

Cichorium endivia