Fennel planting time and method cultivation season and management points

Fennel planting time

Fennel is a spice and a medicinal herb with a wide range of uses. Fennel is usually planted in spring and autumn, specifically in March and April in spring and August and September in autumn. If you choose to plant it in winter, you need greenhouse maintenance, and its yield and quality cannot be guaranteed if planted in summer.

How to grow fennel

1. Seed selection

Before planting fennel, you need to choose suitable seeds. Try to choose seeds that are plump, complete and from recent years. Such seeds have a higher success rate in germination. Then soak them in warm water for about 12 hours, wrap them with gauze, and place them in an environment of about 20 degrees to germinate. After the seeds show white buds, you can start preparing for sowing.

2. Soil

Fennel is suitable for planting in loose, fertile, well-drained sandy soil. It is a fertilizer-loving plant, so be sure to apply enough base fertilizer on the planting soil. This can improve the quality of the soil and make fennel grow more effectively.

3. Planting seeds

After applying enough base fertilizer to the soil, you can loosen the soil, then level the ridges, and then sow the germinated fennel seeds. After sowing, you can cover it with a thin layer of soil and cover the fennel seedlings with a film to protect them from being washed away by rain.

Fennel planting precautions

After the fennel seedlings emerge and grow true leaves, you can start thinning them out. Start thinning out at a spacing of about 4 cm. If there are areas where fennel seedlings are scarce, you should replenish them in time. When the fennel seedlings grow to about 7-8 cm, you should apply fertilizer to meet the growth needs of fennel and make it grow quickly.