Chicory salad Vitluf, seeds Russian vegetable garden 0.5g

Cycorny salad Vitluf Raketa. Series “Author’s varieties and hybrids”. Vitluf is a biennial from the Asteraceae family, but is grown in an annual culture (if there is no need to obtain its seeds). Forms a rosette of large petiolate elongated leaves and a root crop. The stem is branched, up to 1.5 m tall, with numerous white or blue flowers. Its seeds are small, angular-ribbed, brown. Stores well in winter. Very cold-resistant plant. Left in the soil for the winter, it can withstand severe (down to -30 ° C) frosts. Recommended for fresh consumption and for processing. Leaves and heads of cabbage contain substances such as inulin and intibin (gives a bitter taste). Inulin regulates the body’s metabolism and is used as a sugar substitute in diabetes. Intibin improves digestion, the work of the liver and cardiovascular system. Thus, witloof is very good for dietary nutrition, especially for people with diabetes mellitus. Productivity up to 2 kg / sq.m. Packing 0.5 g.