Fennel seeds: sowing and raising
There are different fennel seeds for vegetable fennel and seasoned fennel, so you should consider whether you should buy one before buying want to eat the fennel as a vegetable or whether you want to harvest the fennel seeds to use them for tea or as a spice to use. Of course, you can also grow both varieties.
Fennel seeds for various purposes
There are three types of fennel: the vegetable fennel, the spiced fennel and the wild fennel. Depending on which part of the plant you want to use, you can choose between different fennel seeds.
- When growing vegetable fennel, the main focus is on the tuber. You can save them as vegetables and you can season with the herb.
- The spiced fennel is also called sweet fennel. You can use the herb as a spice from him and harvest the seeds, which are also used as a spice or for a fennel tea.
Vegetable fennel with thick tubers
You can sow the fennel seeds of the vegetable fennel outdoors from April to the end of June. So that you can harvest from summer to autumn, it makes sense to sow several times at intervals of a few weeks, then you will always have fresh fennel in the garden for a long period of time. You can then harvest the first tubers from July.
- Find a sheltered and sunny spot in the garden for sowing. There you bring the seeds out and cover them with soil twice the seed strength.
- Press the seeds down a little and keep the bed slightly moist for the next time so that the seeds can germinate, and also provide the plants with sufficient water.
- The tubers are called vegetables or salad prepared and taste very good as an accompaniment to fish. But you can also use the herb to season and decorate dishes.
- The last tubers that you harvest can also be stored for a short time in the cellar or in the vegetable drawer of your refrigerator.
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Harvest fennel seeds for tea
- Spiced fennel is perennial and will re-sow itself if you don't harvest all of the seeds. You can sow it directly outdoors from April to August. When sowing, you can proceed in the same way as with the fennel seeds for vegetable fennel.
- To get plenty of seeds, you need to sow early or wait until the next year. If you want to harvest fennel seeds in the year of sowing, you should sow in April.
- When harvesting, pluck the brown umbels from the plant and knock out the seeds. You can make tea from them or use them as a condiment in the kitchen.
- The herb is also edible and is added to sauces or salads, but it is better to use only a small amount because it has a very intense taste.
