Chicory
Cichorium intybus

CHICORY SEED COUNT PER GRAMME: 500-600
DURATION OF GERMINATION (YEARS): 4
DAYS NEEDED TO GROW: N. 7-8
UE MINIMUM VALUES FOR SELLING:
PURITY 95% - GERMINATION 65%
CULTIVATION METHODS
Direct sowing
Period: spring and end of summer
Quantity of seeds 3-4 kg./ha.
Depth of sowing mm. 1-2
Plant to plant distance cm. 20

inflorescence

EDIBLE PART: leaves, roots, seeds.
HARVEST PERIOD: at the second year from
sowing leaves and roots in spring and
autumn, seeds in summer.
PRODUCTION: leaves 15.000 kg./ha. - seeds
1.000 kg./ha.
PURPOSE: leaves in cooking salads, roots
in herbalist’s shop and roasting industries,
seeds in ornithology.