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How to grow chicory
Growing Chicory Chicory is grown as a salad crop and is forced in the dark. This particular chicory should not be confused with the Magdeburg chicory that has thick roots, which are roasted and blended with coffee, nor is it the form that is found in hedgerows and herbaceous borders. Soil Preparation Chicory does best in soil that is rich, light and loamy but can be grown in other soil...read more
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