Species Selection

There are 3 key species of fennel: large fennel, cumin, and bulb fennel. Cumin is mostly used for spring planting, while large fennel or bulb fennel is used for fall and winter planting.

Tillage and fertilization

Fennel does not have a high standard for the natural environment of planting, but it is proposed to choose either a sandy soil that is fertile and well-drained for planting if you need to increase the production of fennel. In addition, before planting also need to apply foot bottom fertilizer, it is proposed to choose enough composted organic fertilizer, good base fertilizer and then deep plowing and tilling will be able to plant.

Planting

Fennel can be sown in holes or sown, fennel foliage area index is small, very suitable for sparse planting, 1 acre of use of about 3 to 5kg. planting is better to carry out first soaking teeth, the way is to soak the seeds for 24 hours, followed by hard to the seeds rubbed and rinsed neatly after the wet seeds are spread to the linen bags or bamboo mats, and then placed in a cool and slightly dry. The wet seeds are spread on a burlap bag or bamboo mat, put in the shade to dry a little, and then put in pots, covered tightly with wet rags to germinate at 16-23 degrees Celsius.

Cultivation Techniques

Plowing and hoeing: In the fennel seedling buds and neatly immediately after the plowing and hoeing to eliminate weeds, to promote the early development of seedlings, the general seedling period to plowing and hoeing 2-3 times.

Setting the seedlings: when the seedlings grow 3-4 leaves to immediately set the seedlings, set the seedlings to manipulate the spacing between plants 5cm up and down.

Liquid fertilizer management: fennel is a drought-loving green plant that is afraid of moisture, so pay attention to the field moisture management methods. Planting watering is generally chosen at night or rainy days, not before the rain, after the rain to drain the pipe on time; all the reproductive period to fertilize 2-3 times, the first time before flowering, 1 mu of fertilizer basal fertilizer 5-10Kg; the second time in the flowering to the grouting period, the general development of the leaves, spraying phosphorus and potassium fertilizer; the third time in the picking before the fertilizer boron fertilizer and calcium fertilizer.

Timely picking

To be seedling height to do 30 centimeters (cumin 20 centimeters) when gradually obtained. When you get it, pull it up by the roots, but get rid of the soil, weeds, and old fennel leaves and put it on sale. If you carry out several times to obtain, you can use a sharp knife to cut the leaf stem at about 2 to 3 centimeters from the ground.