Chicory

[Biscombe]

HI all,
I thought I was sorted with seeds for spring until my OH saw someone making a chicory salad on TV!!!!
can you grow some for me Rosie??!! Hence the plea!
I've got loads of toms, peppers, aubergine, squash I can swap with.
Hope you can help

Cheers Rosie
:)

[Biscombe]

[the.cultivated.swedes]

Hi Rosie,

I love chicory and eat it both cooked and raw when young. But we've kind of overdone it with the chicorys this year - I mean, how much chicory can you eat  :P so have lots of surplus that we can share. Are you after a special variety? Here's a list of what we've got:

Catalogna Puntarelle di Galatina - Funny, monster looking thing that you can cut into strips and when you put them in a bowl of cold water they curl up. Perfect for salads.
Catalogna Frastagliata - Also called "italian dandelion"
Rossa Italiana Italiko - Looks a bit like a red veined dandelion with very spiky edges.
Variegata di Chioggia - This one makes a solid head that is prickly red and white.

I'm still looking for the following (loong list so I'm sure you have something on it):
Asparagus Pea, Lotus tetragonolobus
Aubergine - Calliope
Aubergine - Mohican
Aubergine - Money Maker No2
Basil - Sweet Bicolour
Beetroot - Blankoma
Beetroot - Bull's Blood
Beetroot - Pablo
Beetroot - Pronto
Bean, Broad  - Grando Violetto
Bean, Climbing - Yard Long
Bean, French, Dwarf - Borlotto
Bean, French, Dwarf - Golden Teepee
Bean, French, Dwarf - Hildora
Bean, French, Dwarf - Rocquencourt
Bean, French, Dwarf - Sonesta
Bean, Runner - Czar
Bean, Runner - Sunbright
Cabbage - Kalibos
Carrot -Amini
Carrot - Primo
Carrot - Sytan
Cauliflower - Trevi
Cauliflower - Verdant
Cape Gooseberry (full size types)
Chard - Charlotte
Chop Suey Greens - Shungiku
Corn, Sweet - Strawberry Popcorn
Courgette/Zucchini - Black Beauty
Courgette/Zucchini - Eightball
Courgette/Zucchini - One Ball
Courgette/Zucchini - Orelia
Courgette/Zucchini - Parthenon
Courgette/Zucchini - Tosca
Cucumber - any white/yellow variety
Cucumber - Sunsweet
Cucumber - Zeina
Cucumber - Passanra F1
'Fat Baby' Achocha
'The Exploding Cucumber'
Fennel Bulb - Zefa Fino
Groundcherry, Giant Guatemalan
Kale - Red Russian
Kohl Rabi - Blusta
Lemon Verbena
Lettuce - Freckles
Lettuce - Hyper Red Rumple
Lettuce - Kellys
Lettuce - Montel
Lettuce - Pandero
Lettuce - Valdor
Lettuce - Yugoslavian Red
Liquorice Plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra
Mexican tarragon (Tagetes lucida Cav.)
Mint - creeping variety such as Corsican Mint
Mustard - Osaka Purple
Okra - Burgundy Red
Onion - Brunswick
Onion - Campillo
Onion - Florence
Onion, spring - Furio
Onion - Lilia
Onion - Owa
Onion, salad - Red Beard or Redcoat
Onion - Red Baron
Onion, spring - Rossa Lunga di Firenze
Onion, sprouting
'Papalo' (Porophyllum coloratum)
Oriental Greens - Komatsuna
Oriental Greens - Tatsoi
Pea - Ambassador
Pea - Half Pint
Pea - Douce Provence
Pepper, Hot - any Friar's Hat type
Pepper, Hot - Balloon
Pepper, Hot - Lemon Drop
Pepper, Sweet - Lipstick
Pepper, Sweet - Marconi
Pepper, Sweet - Sweet Chocolate
Liscari sativa/Salsola/Agretti
Spinach - Bordeaux
Strawberry - Alexandria
Tagetes - Safari Red
Texel Greens
Thyme - creeping variety
Tomatillo - any purple variety
Tomato - Cream Sorbet
Tomato - Grushovka
Tomato - Ivory Egg
Tomato - Orange Banana
Tomato - Orange Santa
Tomato - Orange Strawberry
Tomato - Purple Calabash
Tomato - Reisetomate
Tomato - Rose de Berne
Tomato - San Marzano
Tomato - Sungold F1
Quinoa - Rainbow

and...
Dahlia - Black Monarch
Hanging basket Begonias
Lawn Chamomile
Nasturtium - Black Velvet
Nicotiana sylvestris
Viola - Angel Sweet Pea
Pelargonium - Lord Bute

PM me if interested

[Biscombe]

Great!!
I think I've got


Beetroot - Bull's Blood
Corn, Sweet - Strawberry Popcorn
Courgette/Zucchini - Black Beauty
Courgette/Zucchini - Eightball
Cucumber - any white/yellow variety
Cucumber - Sunsweet
Lemon Verbena
Lettuce - Freckles
Okra - Burgundy Red
Onion - Brunswick
Pepper, Hot - Lemon Drop
Pepper, Sweet - Marconi
Tomato - Ivory Egg
Tomato - Orange Banana
Tomato - Rose de Berne
Tomato - San Marzano
Tomato - Sungold F1

I think I have the above (they ring a bell) but I'll check tonight, Id love to sample some of each of you chicory seeds

Cheers

Rosie

:)

[the.cultivated.swedes]

No problem, we have loads of the stuff as 3 of the 4 packets are from Seeds of Italy and their packets are humongous in our proportions. ;D

Should have your address lying around somewhere but pm it to me just in case.

[Biscombe]

Do you have the pointy light green chicory that you have to blanch?? dont know nawt about chicory!!

[dandelion]

Do you have the pointy light green chicory that you have to blanch?? dont know nawt about chicory!!

It's Belgian chicory called 'Witloof'.

[the.cultivated.swedes]

Yes Biscombe, I have that one too. It's an endive - that's why I didn't mention it before. I'll make sure to send you some Witloof endive as well, shall I?

[the.cultivated.swedes]

By the way, I also have two other endives: Endive - Cornet de Bordeaux and Endive - Scarola Verde, Giant Maraichere; interested in any of those?

[Biscombe]

Ahh! thanks you two, I'm a chicory/endive beginner!!!! well in that case im on the look out for endive too!!! ;)

[Biscombe]

Oooooohhhhhh yes please!! Just in I only have some of your requests, anything else you want?? I have crookneck squash and potimarion pumpkin and quite a few types of black/purple toms..........oooh and bush cucumber

[OliveOil]

I have chickory if anyone wants it!

[the.cultivated.swedes]

Maybe we should try some of your crookneck squash then..and maybe one of your purple tomato varieties. But really, don't worry if you don't have any of our requests - it is thanks to you that we will be growing crazy green-red tomatoes next year and beautiful saffron! ;D Oh by the way, the Aloe Veras ALL made it so now we have a whole line of baby aloe veras in our kitchen window. We'll take them out next year but don't think they would make the winter here in England.(?)

[Biscombe]

Oh what great news about the aloes!! you'll be getting loads of babies too soon!! I bet they enjoy your windowsil!! I'll have a sprinkle of what endive and chicory you can spare! The crookneck squash sell by date is for this summer, I'll let you know what else I have
XX Rosie

[Biscombe]

HI Oliveoil, what variety do you have? and what would you like in return?