Radicchio Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Cichorium intybus var. foliosum

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• How to Sow Radicchio: Timing, Depth and Spacing for a Cold-Season Head
• Radicchio Care Through the Season: Water, Feeding and Keeping the Crown Dry
• Why Radicchio Will Not Head Up, and How to Force a Heart
• Radicchio Growing Calendar: What to Do from Sowing to the Last Cut
• Radicchio Pests and Diseases: Slugs, Aphids, Crown Rot and Tipburn
• When to Harvest Radicchio: Firmness, Frost and Taming the Bitterness

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Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.