Salad Seeds "Tsikoria Vitluf", 0.5 gr.

Medium-early (98-114 days) Variety of the two-year culture of Tsikoria. The period of distillation (from planting roots to the mass spell of heads) - 15-20 days. In the first year, it forms a powerful vertical outlet of leaves and root crop. The root crop is acute-conical, white, medium height-10-20 cm, with a diameter of 3-5 cm, weighing 90-100 g. The pulp is white, juicy, slightly with bitterness, which is due to the high content of inolin, useful for patients with diabetes. It is rich in vitamins A, C, Group B, contains a lot of potassium salts located in the form of nitric and sulfur salts, the combination of which significantly improves the activity of the kidneys. The whole rosette of leaves is consumed freshly for food.

sowing is carried out at the end of May, earlier sowing leads to stalking. The depth of the seeds is 1-1.5 cm. The distance between plants after thinning 10-15 cm. Care consists in loosening, watering, top dressing. Remuncture is removed before the onset of frosts, laid for storage in the basements at t +1... 2 ° C. As necessary, they take out and planted on a distillation at a temperature of at least +7 ° C and not higher than +16 ° C, necessarily covered with a thick black film. Kochanov cleaning should be carried out when the height of the head is not more than 15 cm.