Cichorium endivia
Endive
Common names: Endive salad, Winter endive
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Description
The endive is a typical autumn and winter salad with serrated or bushy leaves and a pleasantly bitter flavor. While spring and summer salads are long gone, it still provides crisp, slightly bitter green until late November—raw or lightly sautéed.
Care instructions
Sow in June for an autumn harvest and keep the soil consistently moist. To mellow the bitterness, loosely bundle the heads one to two weeks before harvest or cover them—this bleaches the heart and makes it gentler and milder. It tolerates light frosts; for harsher frost, protect with fleece or harvest beforehand.
Companion planting
Diseases & pests
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
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