Endive, 'Nuance', Organic

Cichorium endivia

Escarole is a type of chicory with deliciously lobed leaves. This is a nice variety with a well-filled rosette of leaves. Can withstand a lot of frost.

'Nuance' Escarole is an improved strain of the popular French variety ‘Grosse Bouclée’. 'Nuance' is bolt-resistant, fast-maturing and productive, forming large rosettes of broad, curled and crisp leaves that are naturally self-blanching. 

Escarole lettuce is a member of the chicory family and is also known as Batavian endive and broad-leafed endive. It looks similar to a butterhead lettuce but has crispy, crinkly leaves.

Organic seed.

Sun to partial shade. Thrives in porous, humus-rich soil.

Pre-cultivation: mid-March to mid-May, 3-4 weeks before planting out.

Direct sowing: Early, as soon as the soil can be cultivated - July. Water before sowing and keep moist during germination. Lettuce has difficulty germinating when the heat is too high, no higher than +20C.

Plant spacing: 20cm / 1 plant per GreenStalk pocket for heads, 2 plants for harvest of outer leaves

Sow depth, cm: 1

Annual

Plant position: Sun - partial shade

Harvest: June - October

Number of seeds: 70