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| Does anyone have any experience growing Fennel or Anise. We have started to eat this quite a lot and I want to include in the growing plan for next year and would love to hear from anyone that has actually grown it. I have loads of books but they only really give a couple of paragraphs on the subject.
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| In my experience fennel is very easy to grow. Very much like any member of the parsley family. A neutral soil is best and consistant moisture (not wet). Fertilize regularly as with any garden plant. This works well for both fennel you are growing for fennel seed and that which you're growing for the bulb. Very easy. Oh, if you're growing bulb fennel, transplant seedlings young or bulb formation may be inhibited.
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| Fennel is on my list for next year. I was going to get to it this year, except my companion gardening book says you can't grow it with anything else since things don't like it. Thus, I was going to put in a separate bed. We had an interesting experience with companion gardening this year and thus I'm taking the info a little more seriously next year.
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| I dont companion garden at all but am quite interested in it. I never use fertilisers or pestisides or any chemicals whatsoever other that hormone rooting compound for when I strike cuttings, so I guess I am or are close to an "organic" gardener. This fall I have really mulched heavily so I guess I will need to lime some of the beds for the brassicas especially. I use Calcium Carbonate at work and it only costs 16.5 cents a pound, so I can probably use that to buffer the acidity. Now the only problem I had this year was with Japanese beatles. Are there any natural repelers that I can plant for these pests?
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| I have grown both in past gardens, I too, love fennel and have several recipes that I really love.I don't have much use for anise although I love the taste,i just haven't found any recipes,but they are in the same family and planted and grown in the same manner.I live in Washington State on the west side of the mountains and they both grow very well here,once you plant them, they will establish their roots for a few weeks to a month dependant on the weather,once they are established they take off they actually are very pretty in the gardens,butterflies love them and alot of times will leave their larve in the leaves to make a new butterfly weeks later,it doesn't hurt the plant.(I always leave them, because I like to watch the transformation).they love sunshine but still need moderate moisture during te hot months. if you would like to grow a real showy fennel in the garden,grow bronze fennel,it's a beautiful plant.Wish you well.
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