Thank you Dennis! so pleased I found you as I have just begun my fennel journey- love my garden but never been a veg grower- discovered fennel only recently and want to grow my own- I feel safe to start now I have seen your video......wish me luck!!!!
@@SoilSoulandSpirit, I grew mine from seed this year. It's doing well. I can grow it, but I'm unsure how to care for it during the season or how to use it in cooking. I think I'm going to harvest some feathery stems and dry them like I would my herbs. I'll also freeze some to use in soups.
@@Dragons_NovelI hear fish, cooked in a bed of fennel leaves with a pad of butter on top, salt, pepper and perhaps garlic and onion is quite a tasty way to use it... Although it's often discarded after it imparts it's subtle flavor to the fish. I hope you find this helpful. ✌️
Thanks Dennis. I have my first fennel plants thriving. Your kind and generous sharing will help me greatly to keep them healthy, plus I really enjoy your presentation. Mahalo, Fraser
Thank you for your video. Do you leave the roots in the ground? Not sure if they will grow back year after year esp in Ontario where the temperatures can be harsh in the winter.
Holy smokes! Thank you so much for sharing! I was wondering what I was doing wrong with the fennel, as they're getting plenty of nutrients (some flowering stalks are above the roof line in height). Is there a way to use the fennel stalks as, or just before, they're flowering? Just trying to use what I have and understand it a little better. Thanks again! I found this very helpful!
We love to eat the flower buds and young seeds on salads or as a fresh snack. The stem might be kind of woody. It sounds like they bolted, which is when it goes to flower early. Can be heat, mineral imbalance, or daylight hours.
Can you cut the top leaves off to dry? I live in an area where we get a lot of snow starting as early as November. When do you suggest I harvest? Thank you for the tips on growing🙏🏽🌸
Certainly! You could dry and chop like dill. The best part is the white bulb though, it's like a sweet celery. Timing for harvest is largely dependent on how you want to eat it. Fronds or stalks. They can survive a light frost, but I would harvest them before the snows come. growingformarket.com/articles/growing-fennel-bulb-herb-pollen
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Thank you Dennis! so pleased I found you as I have just begun my fennel journey- love my garden but never been a veg grower- discovered fennel only recently and want to grow my own- I feel safe to start now I have seen your video......wish me luck!!!!
A very nice video on Fennel! Thank you, I needed it. I discovered gardening only this year🤩🥰
@emilschneider9974 It's a wonderful pastime, and brings you closer to creation :D
Utterly brilliant. Now that I know how to grow it properly I'm going to able to harvest fennel for so much longer. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. This is my first year growing fennel, and I'm here to learn more about it.
More coming soon! Perhaps I'll have Dennis tall me about starting and transplanting fennel as well. It's a fussy plant sometimes :D
@@SoilSoulandSpirit, I grew mine from seed this year. It's doing well. I can grow it, but I'm unsure how to care for it during the season or how to use it in cooking. I think I'm going to harvest some feathery stems and dry them like I would my herbs. I'll also freeze some to use in soups.
@@Dragons_NovelI hear fish, cooked in a bed of fennel leaves with a pad of butter on top, salt, pepper and perhaps garlic and onion is quite a tasty way to use it... Although it's often discarded after it imparts it's subtle flavor to the fish.
I hope you find this helpful. ✌️
@@Dragons_Novel We chop the bulb up like celery for soups, or finely for salads.
Thanks Dennis. I have my first fennel plants thriving. Your kind and generous sharing will help me greatly to keep them healthy, plus I really enjoy your presentation. Mahalo, Fraser
Perfect! This is just the advice I needed. Thanks
Thanks 😊 2023 20 October
tysm for the vid helps out alot i just ordered some Fennel seeds from serenity Herbal cant wait it for it to get here
Thank you so much. Just what I needed to hear❤
This is a really useful ❤ and you have a wonderful garden sir. Many thanks for the video and have a great day.
When the fennel goes to seed, does that change the taste and texture of the bulb?
Yes. The plant gets more tough and stringy as the plant's resources go into seeding.
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It's such a nice pannell.
I've found that, when I cut my bulb off, I get new shoots off the root that grow into me bulbs. I like to pick mine young.
That works too, but the bulbs are smaller as you say. So many ways to harvest. That's the beauty of artisanal!
Fascinating - thanks.
Thank you
thanks so much!❤
Thank you kindly 🥰💜✨
Great video 🎉!! Thanks ‼️
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your video. Do you leave the roots in the ground? Not sure if they will grow back year after year esp in Ontario where the temperatures can be harsh in the winter.
Yes, they are perennial here in California. You can mulch them heavily and they should return even in Ontario.
Holy smokes! Thank you so much for sharing! I was wondering what I was doing wrong with the fennel, as they're getting plenty of nutrients (some flowering stalks are above the roof line in height).
Is there a way to use the fennel stalks as, or just before, they're flowering? Just trying to use what I have and understand it a little better.
Thanks again! I found this very helpful!
We love to eat the flower buds and young seeds on salads or as a fresh snack. The stem might be kind of woody.
It sounds like they bolted, which is when it goes to flower early. Can be heat, mineral imbalance, or daylight hours.
thanks, best video Iv watched, so informative and in depth.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Can you cut the top leaves off to dry? I live in an area where we get a lot of snow starting as early as November. When do you suggest I harvest? Thank you for the tips on growing🙏🏽🌸
Certainly! You could dry and chop like dill. The best part is the white bulb though, it's like a sweet celery.
Timing for harvest is largely dependent on how you want to eat it. Fronds or stalks.
They can survive a light frost, but I would harvest them before the snows come. growingformarket.com/articles/growing-fennel-bulb-herb-pollen
When you say overwinter what growing zone are you in
@carolynnmathisen8754 Dennis is in central california in zone 9b.
Are the stems suppose to be trimmed? It is may, my fennel is 6 ft tall. Can i still harvest it.
It sounds like your fennel has gone to seed. It's ok to harvest, but it might be a bit tough.
Dennis where are you growing that you can grow these over winter? I am in Missouri and growing fennel for the first time.
Hi Vicky, central valley California. It's cold, but not "that" cold in the winter.
What zone are you in… What state? also what season are you in for the video? Thank you so kindly! 😊
Hi Roselight, It's October in the central valley of California. USDA Hardiness Zone 9b.
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