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- 2000 Chicory Seed (Red Stem ) Italian Dandelion, Organic Vegetable Seeds !
- Italian dandelion with red midribs. Dark green leaves with red midribs and excellent flavor. As a babyleaf, Garnet Stem adds bright contrast to salad mix. Very similar to Red Rib, which it replaced. Good tolerance to both warm and cool weather. Fairly uniform but there is some variation with darkness of stem color, plant habit, and leaf shape. Organically grown.
- GROWING INFORMATION: CULTURE: Start like lettuce by direct seeding or transplanting. Suitable for growing any time during the season. For full-size bunches, space 6-8" apart and clip leaves at any stage but especially when young, less than 10" tall. For salad mix, direct seed thickly (see rate below). Unharvested plants will eventually make a flower stalk with the characteristic blue chicory flowers. The flavor is bitter, with background sweetness.
- DAYS TO MATURITY: From direct seeding; subtract 10-14 days if transplanting.
- AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: For single heads: 1 oz./1,900', 1 lb./acre at 12 seeds/ft. in rows 18" apart. For baby leaf: (harvest at 4-5 wks.) sow in 2-4" wide bands, 4 seeds/in., 20'/1M; 100'/5M; 285'/oz.; 4,600'/lb.
