Endive Seeds

Full Hearts Endive Seeds
90 days to harvest. A curly green-leaf endive that is used with lettuce and spinach.
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How to Grow Endive

Endive and Escarole are different forms of the same plant. Endive has curly or crinkly-edged leaves and has a sharp, somewhat bitter taste, while escarole is hardier with flat, some what thicker leaves and a less bitter flavor. For spring planting, sow endive and escarole as soon as the soil can be worked. Make successive plantings, every 3-4 weeks until the weather warms. Water plants evenly and regularly to keep leaves green and growing. Plants grown in soil with lots or organic matter, such as compost, usually need no additional fertilizing. In poorer soils, apply a fish emulsion or seaweed once a month.

Sowing
Seed Depth: ¼" (6mm)
Germination soil temperature:60-65º F (16-18ºC)
Days to Germination: 5-7
Sow indoors: 8 weeks before last frost.
Sow outdoors: Stagger every 2 weeks from spring to early summer and from late summer to fall.
Growing
pH range: 5.5-7.0
Growing soil temperature: 45-65º F (7-18ºC)
Spacing in beds : 12" is recommended but endive will self-blanch and be more tender if spaced at 8-10".
Watering: Moderate, and light to none when grown in a cold frame over winter.
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Nutrient requirements: N= moderate, P=moderate, K=moderate
Rotation considerations: Avoid following radicchio.
Good Companions: Non-heading salad greens
Bad Companions: Radicchio