fennel question

[kentishgal]

I have a nice fennel plant in a small pot next to my back door but it always dries out really quickly. Would I be better off putting it in a larger pot or in the ground?
(I have a fairly sunny space to fill in the garden).

[Nelly Undertree]

I find fennel is best planted in the ground as it can have a very long root. I tried to dig one up a few years ago and had to dig over a foot down before I dug it out but still left some root at the bottom.

[Bren In Pots]

I've got a couple of herb fennel in my garden and the both grow to around 6ft tall so like Nelly says yours would be better in the ground.

[veggiechicken]

As the others have said, it needs plenty of room - and a sunny spot would be ideal

[Dorothy rouse]

My fennel has gone mad, it's lovely,but now about 5/6 ft, have had to tie it some canes, it's nw flowering, can you advise me what to do? Leave it, cut it down, will all the seeds produce new plants (help!), i have brought some home home to cook with some veg. It was only a small plant when I put it in about 6 weeks ago!


DottyR

[eospete]

Herb fennel self seeds profusely so unless you want a lot more I'd take off the seeds heads.
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[PyreneesPlot]

Collect the seeds and cook with them!

[Bren In Pots]

Collect the seeds and cook with them!

Fennel seeds are nice added to bread.

[Dorothy rouse]

Fennel bread, mmmm sounds good. I'd best get off and cut some before it seeds everywhere!


DottyR

[Thelma Sanders]

Fennel seeds go well with pork Yum!

[Dorothy rouse]

Fennel, seeds, flowers, fronds, stalks, being taken to Yorkshire this weekend, am sharing !


DottyR

[Trix]

Would someone please confirm that this is a herby fennel (as opposed to a bulby fennel ). I picked it up at a plant sale before realising that there were two types

[Rocketron]

I may well be wrong but I don't think you can tell until it flowers.
If the stem around soil level doesn't appreciably swell it's herb fennel.

[roitelet]

Looks like herb fennel to me.

[Trix]

Thank you both