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
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Autumn Planting, Spring Planting, Summer planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants, Part shade Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Mediterranean Climate, Subtropics Climate, Temperate Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Average growing plants, Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Annual plant, Deciduous, Evergreen, Herbaceous, Leaf plant, Perennial plant
Plant Uses: Colored leaves, Edible plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Big amount of water, Regularly water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 4, Hardiness zone 5, Hardiness zone 6, Hardiness zone 7, Hardiness zone 8, Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts:
Leaf color: Red leaves, White leaves, Yellow leaf
Blooming season: Spring flowers, Summer flowers
Flower colors: Blue flower
Harvest Season: Autumn Harvest, Spring Harvest, Summer Harvest, Winter harvest
Edible Parts: Edible flowers, Edible leaves, Edible Roots
Culinary uses: Beverage, Cooked, Eaten raw, Leafy vegetables, Pickles, Salad
