Fennel grows at each gardener. It is loved for unique spicy aroma, for precocity, cold constancy. Fennel - the owner of vitamin, nutritious and medicinal properties. These greens always are held in high esteem. Summer residents, as usual, do not pay attention to high-quality features of fennel. What is available sow seeds. Meanwhile, ordinary and bush distinctions have fennel.
All grades of fennel are separated into three groups on precocity.
Early grades. From shoots before formation of stalk there pass about 35-40 days. Usually, after 5-6 leaves of plant go to arrow, the stalk appears and after a while it blossoms. The most widespread grades from this group - Gribovsky, Aurora, Distant, the Umbrella. All early grades give the first early greens and good umbrella with seeds. It is convenient to use them for salting, at conservation. Umbrellas with seeds, being showered, give good self-sowing.
Mid-season grades. More time is required from this group on stebleobrazovaniye. On one - two weeks begin to appear later stalk, the plant goes to umbrellas. Grades of this group (Kibray, Lesnogorodsky, Patterns, etc.) give the chance to pick quite good fragrant greens and umbrellas for seasoning and conservation.
Late-ripening grades. It is accepted to call them bush. The most known of this group - the Salute, the Brawler, the Alligator. Sectional fennel, unlike ordinary (early and mid-season) grades has more powerful bush. Both on height, and on width these plants it is more. In bosoms of leaves kidneys (as at tomato stepsons) are stuffed up from which escapes - new leaves grow then. They also give the bushy form. The large socket of leaves reaches 50 cm. Leaves, escapes, stalks long remain with sectional fennel gentle, juicy, green.
Sow sectional fennel is more spacious, the distance between plants has to be not less than 15 cm, and 20 cm and more are better, otherwise ""bush"" is not formed. From shoots before cleaning of greens there pass 45-75 days. Seeds without seedling do not manage to be received practically. Fragrant greens can be cut off, having left point to growth at plant, to pinch off green branches, to pull out entirely, making room to other dill neighbors.
Advantages of sectional fennel.
Fragrant vitamin greens can receive much for the summer period, up to 3 kg from 1 sq.m. in the open ground. In greenhouses the productivity is even higher.
Fennel plants long do not outgrow, remaining gentle, juicy, fragrant.
Economy on seeds. It is necessary to sow sectional fennel less than early and mid-season grades.
Council.
Fennel loves solar, open places, friable, fertile soil. In dry weather waterings are necessary, otherwise it turns yellow. On sour soils, fennel does not grow.