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Sign up freeCichorium intybus (Catalogna)
Italian dandelion — leaf chicory with deeply lobed leaves. Bitter, dandelion-like. Excellent in Roman cuisine sautéed with garlic. Cold-hardy.
Cichorium intybus (Radicchio)
vegetable
A fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Catalogna Chicory
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybugs, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant CeleryGreat, ChervilGreat and CilantroGreat nearby.Direct-sow Catalogna Chicory outdoors around your last frost date, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 10 days. Grow in full sun, spaced about 25 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 70 days.
Catalogna Chicory seed rarely stays viable beyond 4 years — track what's still worth sowing.
Water: Medium · Height: 60 cm · Soil: Moist, fertile, well-draining
Aphididae
Curled leaves, sticky honeydew and ants on patrol — usually with something already eating them.
These three thrive alongside Catalogna Chicory — and alongside each other.
