Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>]

I started it in flats last year. It did very well and didn't bolt all  
summer. Left some of it in too long. I don't know if it was Florence  
though.

Marty In Kansas City
On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Dieter Brand wrote:

> 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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