Braci Ardenti Organic Radicchio
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Braci Ardenti Organic Radicchio Seeds

Nature & Nurture Seeds Barcode: 98506012

Cichorium intybus

$5.99

Select Size: Pkt (Approx 40 seeds)
Organic Status: Certified Organic

We are crazy about radicchio and we think that you will be too! We fell in love with it when traveling in Italy where every salad contained the deep burgundy color and mild bitterness of radicchio adding diversity of flavor and color to otherwise plain lettuce salads. Erica also loves it browned in the oven drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Plants are cold hardy and can be grown early spring and late into the fall.

Radicchio has a texture similar to lettuce with a pleasantly bitter flavor. This early Treviso-type heirloom raddicio boasts large (7-9"), oval heads that are relatively uniform and tightly formed - exceptional for an heirloom type.  These are as the round radicchio that you find in the grocery store only the heads are oval rather than round. You will find that a few plants do not make heads, especially when grown in less than ideal weather. Radicchio prefers cool weather for good growth and head formation so plan to grow it in early spring and fall. Heads can store in the fridge for 1-2 months.

60-70 days to maturity.

How to Grow How to Harvest How to Save Seeds

Radicchio is a cool weather loving plant – so grow it into the fall. Start seeds in containers 5/21-6/21. Sow seeds 1/16" deep. Days to germination: 7-10. Transplant outside 6/21-7/21. Plant spacing: 12". Radicchio are cold hardy to about 20°.

Harvest heads when they are firm when squeezed. Cut head at base using a knife. Some plants will not form tight heads - cut individual leaves or harvest open heads with a knife. Harvest all plants before temperatures reach lower 20s.

Chicory is a difficult seed saving crop. They are cross pollinated by insects and will easily cross with the very common, Wild Chicory plants which will ruin the seed crop. Cichorium intybus are biennial – the plants need to survive the winter (in a hoophouse) in order to flower in year two. Inspect plants and only allow good plants to flower for seed. Isolation: ½ mile or caging.

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