Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>]

Paul,

Fennel tends to bolt in the summer even in Germany, which has a temperate 
climate.  There, it is mostly planted (or sown) from June to mid-July as a 
follow-on crop, especially after green peas or potatoes.

I have never had any problems with bulbs getting woody, even those that 
re-grew from the same rootstock the following year.

Fennel is traditionally very popular in the South of Europe, especially 
Italy.  In the North, it didn’t used to be common, but has become more 
popular together with the health boom in recent years.

Dieter


--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote:

> From: Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
> Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Florence fennel
> To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 3:53 PM
> Yes, the kind that forms bulbs. Barb
> knows it but it's new to me. If it's big in Europe as she
> says but not here, it calls to me. I'm concerned about
> bolting, but we're not nearly as hot as your place and I'll
> try summer planting to grow in fall. It's good to hear it
> works as transplant since my bed space is limited and has to
> be kept busy. And more multiply from those left in the
> ground? I hope they don't get woody that way. I'll try
> mulching for next winter. Also ordered purple Kohlrabi seed
> so that's another probable fall experiment for market. Don't
> know how they'll go over even at upscale markets. 
> 
> If I recall, Hildegard of Bingen was mentioned as a mystic
> herbalist by Huizinga but her use of fennel is news. I'm not
> surprised tho that they knew a lot of botany nine centuries
> ago. We have a lot to learn. 
> 
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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