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Ground chicory roots/beans chilled - bag ± 50 pieces (or ± 7-9 kg) - Chilled chicory roots

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Ground chicory roots/beans chilled - bag ± 50 pieces (or ± 7-9 kg) - Chilled chicory roots

The best chicory roots to grow the tastiest ground chicory at home yourself! Already chilled!

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Ground chicory roots/beans chilled - bag ± 50 pieces (or ± 7-9 kg) - Chilled chicory roots

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Product information "Ground chicory roots/beans chilled - bag ± 50 pieces (or ± 7-9 kg) - Chilled chicory roots"

  • Real soil chicory roots
  • Already chilled = ready to plant!
  • Contains: 50 chicory roots
  • Delivered to your home
  • Easy to grow yourself, indoors or outdoors!

Grow your own ground chicory with love! 💚 

50 beautiful and healthy chicory roots to grow your own ground chicory. The best quality found! 🥬
1 bag contains 50 already chilled chicory roots. This corresponds to about 7/8 kg of chicory roots.

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📅 Availability: Info from the farmer on September 13: chicory roots are beautiful (good chicory year) and may be harvested earlier. Count on another cold period of about 2 weeks after harvest. --> Chicory roots may be available from early November to early March.

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📦 Ordering & delivery

Booking/ordering by phone or mail is unfortunately not possible. As soon as your order is ready for shipment or pickup, you will receive an automatic mail (with tracking code if delivery).

When ordering, you can choose to have the chicory roots delivered to your home with PostNL or to pick up your order at our pickup point.

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👩‍🌾 But how do you grow that delicious ground chicory yourself?

These chicory seedlings have received 2 weeks of cold shock in professional cold storage. This allows you to table the seedlings immediately upon receipt! 

1. Pickling: make a pit in topsoil and arrange the carrots all nicely next to each other.

2. Cover the carrots with a layer of soil of ± 15 cm. Use as poor soil as possible, such as seed and cutting soil, but definitely not fertilizer-enriched potting soil! 

You can also reuse the soil from your flower and plant containers, or mix peat under the soil (for a more acidic soil). 

3. Chicory should not get any light, otherwise you will grow green beans ;-). As an alternative to soil, you can also use hay, straw or black plastic. As long as no (sun) light reaches the roots... Are you growing in buckets? Then instead of 15 cm of soil above the roots, you can simply place a bucket or black pot. Thanks to our chicory forcing tray , you can also easily grow indoors (e.g. in a basement, storage room...)!

Important to mention is that you should not put the bucket or force-feeder in the kitchen or dining area because of the temperature. Are you growing at more than 18°C? Then the chicory will be forced too much, and you may end up with heads falling open. That would be a shame!

4. Water: the soil in which the chicory roots are standing must be moist. However, do not overdo it with your watering can because too much water is even harmful to the chicory. Are you growing in buckets? Then you can choose to put a bottle of water upside down in the middle of the bucket (cutting out the bottom and thus filling the bottle with water, like the principle of watering tomato plants in the greenhouse)

5. Waiting... The warmer, the sooner you can harvest. Professional growers often use a heating element that brings the soil temperature between 14° and 18°C. At such temperatures, you will have ready-to-eat chicory after only about three weeks. Don't use these heat sources? Then, depending on the temperature, you have to wait several months. 

6. Harvesting: cut/break off the head.

7. Enjoy your homegrown ground chicory!


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FAQ 🙋

-Help , my chicory roots have a weird smell & look rotten?
Do you open the box of chicory carrots and a "smell" hits you? Don't panic!
These chicory carrots have received a cold shock at the grower's, which can  cause the foliage to rot due to the temperature difference. This is perfectly normal and can certainly do no harm. Do you still have doubts? Feel free to send us an email!


- Why are the chicory roots cut off?
That's simple: because they would have an equal height to be easier to table. That way you will also be able to harvest more even heads.

- Can I cut off the green foliage?
The foliage is the green part you see at the top of the root. You can cut off the foliage but always leave 2 cm. Do you take off too much foliage? Then you will damage the growing point and the chicory will form leaves on the side, resulting in no nice closed heads...

- The chicory roots I received are smaller than expected?
If you bought the chicory roots at the start of the season, this is perfectly normal! Often the first chicory roots are still a bit smaller (due to the dry summer). No worries because from a small root can grow an equally beautiful head as from a larger root!

-Why do the chicory roots come in a plastic bag, surely that is not environmentally friendly!
We completely understand your reasoning! But the chicory roots are delivered in a plastic bag to protect them from drying out, especially if you want to store the chicory roots a little longer before dining them in.

- My chicory roots are not forming nice heads, they are falling apart?
 Of course you want to grow nice, dense heads, but what if your heads just fall apart loose? This can have several causes:

👉 Too much light! Yes, even in a sealed chicory forcing tray, light can still get in if you place the tray in direct sunlight. So choose the place where you place your forcing tray or sealed bucket wisely!

👉 Too hot! Not only does direct sunlight bring light into your grow box, it also causes the temperature to skyrocket. Thus, it becomes warmer in the container than the ambient temperature, preventing your chicory from sprouting nicely.

- How many times can I harvest from the same chicory roots?
 Per chicory root you harvest 1 head. After cutting off the head, loose leaves can sometimes grow. These are delicious in your salad!

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More info?

Click here for our starter guide full of useful tips & tricks

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We reserve the right, if this type of chicory pin is no longer available, to supply another type (Topscore/Manoline). We try to avoid this as much as possible.

Product specifications

Plant group: Stem vegetables, Chicory and Redory
Section: Vegetables, Chicory
Contents in pieces: 50
Weight: 9.6 kg
Contents: 50 pc
Package dimensions: 30L x 30W x 30H cm

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12 October 2024 12:35

Goed

mooie wortels maar zaten in de doos in een plastic zak waardoor ze nat waren geworden door het vocht in de plastic zak. Een netje was beter geweest denk ik, maar ze zagen er goed uit.

3 October 2024 17:38

Uitstekend

Al jaren bestellen we dit en altijd zijn ze ok

3 October 2024 17:25

Uitstekend

heel goedt

2 October 2024 16:16

Matig

weet ik nog niet heb die nog niet binnen

1 October 2024 09:34

Uitstekend

De witloofwortels zijn altijd van goede kwaliteit en super lekkere witloof en de levering verloopt zoals ze beloven. Bedankt hermie.

26 September 2024 14:58

Uitstekend

Nog niet bevoorraad maar ik ben er zeker van dat de kwaliteit weer uistekend zal zijn !!

25 September 2024 22:24

Uitstekend

3 jaar altijd goed in orde

20 September 2024 16:21

Goed

Goeie kwaliteit en lekkere witloof!

19 September 2024 15:53

Uitstekend

Super en goede service

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Ground chicory roots/beans chilled - bag ± 50 pieces (or ± 7-9 kg) - Chilled chicory roots

€14.95

Chicory forcing tray with lid

€34.95

Viano seed & cutting soil 40 L

€13.46
Total