This video shows you the extra steps required to grow Belgian Endive. A similar blanching (forcing) process is also used for treviso tardivo too.
I definitely want to try it again, and find a better darker spot that averages about 50* F, and grow it in a sunnier bed with only 3 rows per bed at 6'' spacing. Overall, they stored really well in the cooler, some keeping well into springtime (may----a full 1 year since they were seeded!). The stored roots were not washed before storage, just dusted off and put in lidded totes.
During the forcing I think i would have liked to crowd the roots a little less, and figure out some sort of separator so the greens could grow wider and not taller.
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