To grow up fennel correctly, follows the soil vybiratrykhly and rich with nutrients. It is necessary to prepare soil for crops of seeds in the fall – to dig over and put complex mineral fertilizers. If fertilizing has not been carried out in the fall, it is necessary to carry out it in the spring.
Fennel is sowed also in the spring, and towards the winter. These greens easily transfer frosts to -4 °C. That fennel has better wintered, it is desirable to cover young shoots before strong frosts special ukryvny material. Seeds sow in two ways: randomly and on breast in small grooves on depth from 1 to 3 cm. Shoots begin to be shown in two weeks after crops of fennel. It is necessary to thin out them a little that the distance between fennel made about 20 cm. If you want to receive constantly fresh greens, it is possible to carry out regular crops at an interval of two weeks, since the spring, finishing late osenyyupostoyanny weeding of weeds, regular watering and loosening I will help to grow up fennel quicker. If fennel insufficiently quickly develops, he needs to be fed up several times by means of mullein (1 part of mullein on 6 parts of water), chicken dung (1:20) or mix of mineral fertilizers (1 tablespoons of chloride potassium and urea on 10 l. waters). It is the share of one square meter on fertilizer solution bucket.
The fennel intended for salting is removed during blossoming and forming of seeds or cut off umbrellas with green seeds. As a rule, greens of fennel are removed in eight weeks after crops. By this period the stalks of plant grow to 75 cm and begin to form umbrellas - inflorescences. It is necessary to carry out cleaning of fennel on greens in month or slightly more after crops when height of plants is 10-20 cm, before formation of inflorescences. It is recommended to cut off greens scissors at the height of 2 cm from soil, at the same time roots have to remain in the soil. As a rule, after moistening of the soil, new greens can grow. Since first month of winter, fennel can be grown up also in house conditions on windowsill, having provided additional lighting. As a rule, seeds of fennel sow randomly on the paved and humidified way in small box or pot. From above powder with layer the humous soil up to one centimeter thick and condense a little. If you want to receive the first-class greens during the winter period, at weak intensity of daylight and small duration of daylight hours (December-February), over seedling it is necessary to put additional electric lighting. It is possible to use fluorescent lamps with the past of svet. Lamps need to be established at the height about 50 cm and to include in the morning at several o'clock (from 5 to 6).