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Find out how to cook and eat fennel including the bulb, stalks, leaves, flowers, and seeds. Along with fennel recipes to try.
30 paź 2024 · Fennel prefers to be grown directly from seeds sown in the garden. Direct sowing minimizes root disturbance, which fennel is particularly sensitive to. If you use transplants, handle the roots carefully to avoid damaging them. Learn more about crops with sensitive roots. Space the plants about 12 inches (30 cm) apart to provide ample room for ...
17 kwi 2024 · Leaves: Can be picked as needed throughout the growing season. Choose the outer leaves and cut them close to the stem. Bulbs: Harvest when the bulbs are about the size of a tennis ball, typically before the plant starts flowering to ensure the best texture and flavor.
Fennel can reach at least 2m (6½ft) high and up to 60cm (2ft) wide. Fennel is easy to grow, hardy and drought tolerant, and needs virtually no maintenance once established. It likes free-draining soil and full sun. Fennel dies down in autumn and re-sprouts from the base in spring.
26 wrz 2023 · To grow fennel, start by planting some fennel seeds 10 inches apart in fertile, well-draining soil right around the last frost in spring. Then, cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil and water them regularly to keep the soil moist.
21 wrz 2023 · How to Choose the Best Fennel. Fennel is a cold-weather veggie, so while it’s available all year long, it’s freshest (and sweetest) from late fall to early spring. Look for firm, tightly packed bulbs with fresh, unwilted fronds. Avoid any that are bruised, or have lots of brown spots, or that look rubbery.
Expert advice on growing bulb and herb fennel for fennel pollen, fennel seeds, and for their health benefits, as well as tips on growing fennel in the garden.