The fragrant fennel growing on bed attracts with the aroma. But it is possible to grow up this spicy plant also at home in winter season. As fennel unpretentious plant to grow up it it will turn out at everyone. And when on the street there will be blizzard and frost, you can always break fragrant branch and remember summer.
It is required to you
- - fennel seeds;
- - plastic boxes;
- - soil;
- - cellophane film;
- - Urea fertilizer.
Instruction
1. It is the best of all to grow up fennel in big boxes that roots had enough place, otherwise plants will begin to turn yellow and vanish. Buy plastic boxes with pallets and peat for vegetable cultures. It is undesirable to use the earth from kitchen garden as it most often exhausted and in it is not enough the nutritious elements necessary for full-fledged growth.
2. Fill boxes with the earth and slightly water. Seed densely seeds of fennel and powder them from above with thin layer of earth. Once again spill water and cover capacity with cellophane film. Day three it is not necessary to open boxes, this time will be enough that seeds have ascended. If they have not sprouted in several days after landing, so you have seeded them too deeply. Wait for shoots a week more if they do not appear, plant fennel to the same earth again.
3. Fennel though loves the sun, but it is possible to grow up it and on the shaded half of the house. Put capacity with landings to any convenient location, but better nevertheless is closer to window. If you have big windowsills, then can place greens on them. Do not forget to water fennel with cool water in process of drying of the soil, approximately times in 2-3 days.
4. Approximately in 25-40 days at you the full-fledged harvest will grow, but it is possible to break young branches considerably before this term. If you began to notice that greens turn yellow, dissolve a little urea in water and water plants. Urea improves growth of greens, is inexpedient to use other fertilizer.
5. When fennel becomes rigid, seed it anew, but it is necessary to do it to the fresh earth. If you put in the same, then plants will be weak because of lack of nutrients. It is possible to grow up fennel in boxes not only in the winter, but also in the summer. In the same way it is possible to grow up also other useful greens which are so necessary for the person all the year round.