Florence fennel

[Bal]

Hi guys. I am trying to grow according to the biodynamic calendar this year, and am stuck with fennel bulbs. Are they
1 fruit
2 leaf
3 root
4 flower

a bit confused. There isn't a category for swollen stem😃

[Jay22]

Thought this was a thread about Flo!

Sorry can't help with your question.

[Bill Door]

I checked on-line at
planting by the cosmic calendar: a biodynamic q&a with turtle tree - A Way To Garden

and found this answer

"There is no hard and fast rule about what plant goes into which category—it depends on the use to which the gardener or farmer wants to put that plant: Should it make a large root or rooty lower stem structure? Do we want to encourage leafy growth? Are we aiming for early and prolific flowering, or is fruit formation the most important?"

So I think that florence fennel should be treated as a "root".

Hope this helps

Bill

P.S. interesting question that has puzzled me for a while. I had not looked for the answer before because I didn't need it. Glad you asked.

[Nicos]

Ha!..And I found this...

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-y...-fennel?type=v

ie ..
"Feed with high potassium fertiliser every two weeks once established."

potassium = K in the N:P:K

K= fruits

so- it implies it needs feeding as a fruit bearing plant???????

te he...things are never quite as clean cut as you expect eh????

[Penellype]

I don't know anything about biodynamic gardening, but florence fennel is one of the umbelliferae, the same family as carrots, parsnips, parsley, celery and celeriac.

[Alison]

I'd say root too