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
:)
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
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
:)
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.
Do you have the pointy light green chicory that you have to blanch?? dont know nawt about chicory!!
Quote from: Biscombe on November 18, 2006, 15:42:44
Do you have the pointy light green chicory that you have to blanch?? dont know nawt about chicory!!
It's Belgian chicory called 'Witloof'.
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?
By the way, I also have two other endives: Endive - Cornet de Bordeaux and Endive - Scarola Verde, Giant Maraichere; interested in any of those?
Ahh! thanks you two, I'm a chicory/endive beginner!!!! well in that case im on the look out for endive too!!! ;)
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
I have chickory if anyone wants it!
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.(?)
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
HI Oliveoil, what variety do you have? and what would you like in return?