1 Organic Chicory Traviso Red Plant in a 80mm biodegradable peat pot.
This plant is grown from Organic Chicory Seed, potted in Organic Mineralised Nutrient Rich (Blood bone and fish free (vg)) Soil, Fertilised with Compost (vg), Worm castings (poop) and Kelp Powder (read more about the soil).
The pot reduces plastic waste and transplant shock (I commit to zero waste where I can, everything is recycled or reused or upcycled). There is no transplanting required, plant directly into the soil in its pot.
Full sun, moist soil.
Chicory Traviso Red
Chicorium intybus
Itlaian heirloom variety. Upright elongated heads made of dark green and white leaves that mature to a deep red. Leaves are crunchy and have slightly bitter flavour and are used both raw as a salad green and cooked as a vegetable.
Named after the town Trevisio in Italy where it originates from. Plants do best in cooler weather; growing in cooler weather produces heads that are sweeter and more red in colour. Heads grown in warmer weather tend to deveopl a more bitter flavour. Can be grown in containers. Is a good variety for growing baby leaves.
In late autumn when temperatures fall, the outer leaves will close together tightly to form heads and the colours will form and intensify.