Fancy blanched leaves for salad mixes. Organic seed with NOP-compliant pelleting.Beautiful, ruffled head of light green leaves that are deeply cut and toothed. At maturity, its heart blanches to reveal creamy, sweet leaves. More tipburn tolerant and slower to bolt than other chicories of this type. Suitable for warm-season production. Also known as frisée or Trés Fine Maraîchère. USDA Certified Organic. Avg. 30,000 seeds/lb. Packet: 100 seeds.
CULTURE: Endive is hardy and can be planted as early as the soil can be worked. It is a cool weather crop and grows best at temperatures of 60-65°F (15.5-18.3°C). Careful variety selection is important for hot weather plantings. Sow every 3 weeks for a continuous supply of fresh endive.
THERMAL DORMANCY: Endive seed can enter thermal dormancy when exposed to high temperatures above 77°F (25°C). Optimum germination results at soil temperatures of 60-68°F (15.5-20°C).
TRANSPLANTING: Sow in flats, 4 seeds/in., or in ¾" plug trays, barely covering seeds with fine vermiculite, 3-4 weeks before transplanting outdoors. Shade the flats on sunny, warm days if necessary to keep the soil surface cool, below 75°F (24°C), until germination. If sowing into flats, transplant 1-2" apart into flats, pots, or cell-type containers about 2 weeks later. Harden seedlings by reducing water and temperature for 2-3 days before planting outdoors. Properly hardened transplants can survive temperatures as low as 20°F (-6°C). Spacing closely at 8-10" encourages these varieties’ self-blanching characteristics.
DIRECT SEEDING: Seeds will germinate from 41-85°F (5-29°C), but the highest germination percentage will occur around 75°F (24°C), depending on the variety and seed lot. Sow seeds 1" apart, rows 12-18" apart. Cover seed lightly, about 1/8", and firm soil gently. Dry soil must be watered to ensure coolness and moisture, and for uniform germination. Thin the seedlings 8" apart as soon as they are large enough to handle.
SALAD MIX/BABY LEAF: Sow in a 2-4" wide band, about 60 seeds/ft. Cover seeds lightly, about ⅛". Firm soil gently, and keep surface moist until emergence in 3-5 days (or longer in cold weather). Harvest at 4-5 weeks.
HARVEST: Clip individual leaves or harvest whole head by cutting with a knife just above the root attachment. Cool quickly by dunking in cold water, drain, and refrigerate.
BLANCHING: Our varieties are nicely self blanching, but if a thorough white or cream blanch is desired use the French technique: about 3 days before harvest, rest a 4-6" cardboard disk, plate, or tie leaves up, to exclude light from center of plant.
DAYS TO MATURITY: Baby leaf maturities are from direct seeding. Other maturities listed are from transplant; add about 10 days if direct seeding.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: 1M/160′, 5M/830′, 25M/4,150′, 175M/acre at 6 seeds/ft. in rows 18" apart. For baby leaf: Sow in 2-4" wide bands, 6 seeds/in., 1M/13′; 5M/65′; 250’/oz.; 4,000’/lb.
TRANSPLANTS: Avg. 500 plants/M (2 seeds per cell, thinned to one seedling).
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ.: Avg. 17,500.
PACKET: 200 seeds, sows 33′ full size and 2½’ for baby leaf.
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Shipping is an additional 15-29 business days depending on location. Shipping time will be provided at checkout.
Returns
If seeds fail to leave China, we will refund your payment 100%. But if seeds fail to reach you due to customs problem on your side which we were not informed in advance, we will not be able to bear any loss, and no refund will be made.
We sell only viable plants seeds online, and test germination of our seeds from time to time. So we will not be able to refund for seeds that clients fail to germinate, unless we are convinced that it's truly problem of our seeds.
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Please send us an email: seedspay@gmail.com and be as detailed as possible while filling in the information.
After submission, We will reply to you within 24 hours. Please be patient.
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CHARGEBACKS & DISPUTES
Please contact us by email before opening a merchant chargeback or payment dispute, as we can generally resolve the issue before that takes place. Any chargebacks and disputes disable our ability to issue refunds or credits due to funds being frozen.
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REFUND, EXCHANGE AND RETURN
Customers have the right to request a refund/ return/ exchange within 14 days from the delivery date. Our Customer Service team will offer the best solutions for specific situations.
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