Catalogna 'Rossa Italia' is a chicory sugar loaf
with deep red leaf ribs and dark green dandelion-like leaves. Upright growth reaching 40 cm. Can be harvested as a complete rosette cut as single leaves. Good secondary growth after the first cut. Pleasant bitter taste.
Cultivation
Raise in seed bed: from mid of June till mid of July for planting out from mid of July till mid of AugustSowing depth: ca. 1 cmSeed germination temperature: 20-25 °CPlanting distance: ca. 30 x 40 cmOptimal amount of plants: 8-9 plants/m²
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Origin
Multiplier: De Beersche Hoeve / René Groenen und Gineke de GraafBreeder: b-d EHZCerifications: Demeter
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