Chicory
Pain De Sucre
Cichorium intybus
✓ In stock🌿 Organic
Mild tasting green leaves that form dense, conical heads; alternative to winter lettuce.
£1.60
per packet · seeds from Vital Seeds UK
About this variety
Mild tasting green leaves that form dense, conical heads; alternative to winter lettuce.. This is a more mild tasting chicory that is a superb substitute for lettuce in the winter. Indeed, this is a common practice in several rural parts of France and no doubt elsewhere, too. It can produce very large heads, with a tender green exterior and golden yellow hearts that have a real sweetness to them, hence the name! (Approximate seed count - 500)
Sowing & harvesting calendar
Sow outdoors
June to July
Harvest
January, September, October, November, December
About Vital Seeds (UK producer)
Vital Seeds is a Devon-based organic seed grower committed to biodynamic and open-pollinated varieties. All seeds are organically grown in the UK, suited to British and Northern European climates.
