"Chicory" is pronounced jú?jù.

1. Chicory, also known as coffee grass, coffee radish, European chicory, belongs to the family of Asteraceae, the genus chicory, is a perennial herb with a fleshy root, a blue corolla, and a cuneate fruit. Chicory flowering period of up to 2 to 3 months, chicory can be eaten as a leafy vegetable, the root system is rich in inulin and aromatic substances, can be extracted from coffee substitutes, extracted from the bitter substances have to improve appetite, to help digestion, has a high yield, excellent nutritional value, palatability characteristics.

2. Chicory is a kind of warm and humid crops, hardy, cold, saline, like fertilizer and water, suitable for the growth of the temperature range of 14 to 24 degrees Celsius, the temperature -10 ℃ or so, can still keep the green, the temperature of -18 ℃ or so, can be safe overwintering, nitrogen fertilizer is sensitive to the requirements of the soil is not strict, the dry land, water can be planted, the water can be planted, the water is easy to rot the roots, the drainage of the water can be used as a source of water, and the soil is not strict. The occurrence of stagnant water is easy to rot the roots, drainage is not timely will result in the death of the plant, chicory sown in the spring of that year, only long leaves, do not draw stems, the second year the plant began to draw stems, flowering and fruiting; such as planting chicory in the Hebei region, began to return to the green in mid-March, began to draw stems in early May, bloom in mid-June, the seeds ripened in early August, and the plant stopped growing in late October.