Fennel Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

Foeniculum vulgare

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Sowing Fennel: Florence Fennel for Bulbs and Herb Fennel for Leaf and Seed
• Fennel Care: Keeping Growth Unchecked and Earthing Up the Swelling Base
• Harvesting Fennel: Bulbs at the Right Size, Plus Fronds, Pollen and Seed
• Fennel Growing Calendar: One Season for Bulbs, Every Year for Herb Fennel
• Fennel Problems: Bolting Instead of Bulbing, Aphids, Rot and Self-Seeding

Pests and diseases (1)

Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.