Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCichorium endivia
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | vegetables |
| Life span | annual, biennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 23 | 5 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1400 | 300 | 2500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | - | 40 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 70 | 85 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |