Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

I have zero experience with it so every little bit helps.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/30/2010 at 2:14 PM Harvey Ussery wrote:

>>
>> Is anyone here growing Florence fennel?  ~paul
> 
>I grow it most seasons, though am not sure why--we don't eat all we grow 
>(obviously it's not a favorite) and it really prefers a cooler climate. 
>We're mid-Atlantic, hot humid summers. Thus mine don't get as large or 
>juicy as they should.
>
>Still, my impression from my limited experience is that they are quite 
>easy to grow. I start them as transplants, and have no trouble with 
>them, either at the seedling stage or after transplanting. I suspect 
>that mine would do better if I remembered to water them often.
>
>~Harvey
>
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