Round green endive with solid heart: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
How do you sow escarole outdoors?
For this round green escarole with a full heart, favour early-summer sowing: usually June–July in a nursery bed, or July directly in its final position, adjusted to the seed packet and your climate. Do not automatically choose spring or autumn for cooler weather: cold exposure when young can encourage bolting. Wait for warm soil, around 15 °C or above for germination.
Prepare a fine, weed-free surface in soil rich in organic matter with good drainage. Sow thinly about 1 cm deep in rows roughly 40 cm apart. Keep evenly moist without waterlogging and watch for slugs. The 30 cm spacing is for mature plants, not individual seeds: thin gradually to that distance. For nursery-bed sowing, transplant after about a month, once the young plants are developed enough, and water them in.
When to harvest round green endive with a full heart?
