Escarole Géante Maraichère organic seeds
Escarole Géante Maraichère organic seeds
Cichorium endivia var. latifolium Géante Maraîchère
Broad-leaved endive, Escarole
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Description
Organic 'Giant Market Garden' Endive is a variety known for its large head and robustness. Its large crunchy leaves form a full broad rosette with a naturally blanched tight heart. They can be consumed raw, in salads or cooked as a side dish. This large salad plant is appreciated for its sweet, slightly bitter flavour. It is a versatile and generous endive, ideal for fans of rustic and tasty vegetables! Sow from May to August for a harvest 3 months later, from July-August to October-November.
The Endive is a biennial vegetable plant of the Asteraceae family, like all lettuces. It bears the Latin name Cichorium endivia and is also known as Wide-leaved Endive, White Chicory or Escarole. The endive comes from Wild Chicory found in the wild in meadows and along roadsides.
The 'Giant Market Garden' Endive is an old French variety, mentioned as early as 1926 in the Clause Guide: complete practical gardening guide. It is a robust plant, ideal for autumn harvests, as it tolerates early frosts well. In organic farming, it grows best in well-drained soil rich in organic matter, with regular watering to prevent it from becoming too bitter. Endives all have tonic, purifying, and slightly laxative virtues.
Endives have a rosette habit with fairly large, wavy green leaves. The heart is white, slightly edged with yellow. Some varieties need to be temporarily deprived of light to soften the heart and remove any possible bitterness, while others naturally blanch. They are quite hardy, but a little more sensitive to winter harshness than wild endives. Therefore, in particularly cold regions, it is advisable to provide protection such as forcing cloches or tunnels.
Endive leaves are mainly consumed raw in salads, but can also be stewed, braised, gratin, creamed, or cooked in béchamel sauce.
Harvest: Endives are harvested as needed and as they grow.
Storage: they can be kept in the cool for a few days after harvest.
Gardener's tip: regular hoeing and weeding are recommended, and mulching is advised in case of drought.
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Botanical data
Cichorium
endivia var. latifolium
Géante Maraîchère
Asteraceae
Broad-leaved endive, Escarole
Cultivar or hybrid
Biennial
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Planting and care
Sowing Organic Giant Market Garden escarole:
From May to August.
Sow the seed in a flat furrow 5 cm wide and 2 cm deep. Sow sparsely and cover the seeds with a little fine soil (half a centimetre). Then lightly tamp down with the back of a rake. Germination takes about 8 days. Rows should be 40 cm apart. The young plants can then be thinned every 40 cm along the row, and they can also be transplanted elsewhere in the vegetable garden when they have 7 or 8 leaves.
Maintenance
To prevent diseases that attack chicories such as powdery mildew or rust, it is important to regularly hoe and weed and to practice a good crop rotation of 3 to 4 years. Watering should be generous and frequent. Ground cover (mulching) is beneficial.
Scarole chicories are less frost-resistant than wild chicories, so it is best to shelter them under a fleece or tunnel during winter.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.