Endive Pancalieri Seeds are not commonly available in shops, so it's a great vegetable for you to grow for yourself to enjoy. This is a lovely, ornamental variety with broad, bulky heads with an abundance of dark green, very frizzly-edged, outer leaves and, almost self-blanching, contrasting creamy-white, pink-tinged hearts.

Cropping throughout the year. (Incidentally, if you don't like it, let it go to seed ‚Äì one big compensation is that the flowers are not just attractive, pale bright blue, they are really beautiful).

An extremely popular salad vegetable in Europe, Endive is now gaining a large following over here in the UK. It has a slightly more bitter flavour than lettuce so would be ideal in salads. The plants can be grown for use throughout the summer and autumn either in the vegetable plot or for earlier use in polytunnels or under cloches.

There are two types of endive: the upright Batavian or escarole with large broad leaves; and the curly or fringed frisee with a rosette of delicately serrated leaves. Curled varieties are used for summer cropping, broad-leaved types are robust and are useful for winter cropping.

Endive Pancalieri Seed Information

Seed Quantity:	Approx 375 seeds per pack.
Site:	Sowings can be made underglass, sow seeds into pots or trays or modules of seed sowing compost at a temperature of 15-20C and lightly cover seeds with sprinkling of vermiculite or compost. Alternatively sow seeds from March thinly along rows 1.5cm (1/2in) deep and 30cm (12in) apart direct in the vegetable plot.
When to Sow:	March to September. Underglass from February
How to Sow:	Best blanched a few days prior to harvest approx. 12 weeks after sowing. Tie leaves together and cover with a plastic pot to exclude light (cover drainage holes in the pot if present). Blanching takes 3 weeks in summer, 5 weeks in winter. Blanch a little at a time to ensure a continuous supply.
Care:	Liquid feed every 2 weeks with a general fertiliser. Early and late sowings will be more successful if grown under cloches in a polytunnel.
Harvest:	May to December.

When to Sow Endive Pancalieri Seeds

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RHS Award of Garden Merit

Endive Pancalieri Seeds have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (AGM). This award indicates that the plant is recommended by the RHS and helps gardeners make informed choices about plants. [READ MORE]