fennel 'Mantovano'

fennel

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, moisture retentive
• Rate of growth: average
• Hardiness: tender
  
  An early to mid vigorous variety that produces large, round, compact bulbs that are crunchy and aromatic. It can be sown from the spring to the beginning of the summer and eaten raw in salads or cooked.
  
  
• Growing Instructions:
  Prefers warm site in light well drained soil.
  Sow indoors - March to May for earlier crops and plant out April to June
  Sow outside - April to June when the air temperature is above 15°C
  Sow 1.5cm deep
  Thin plants to 20cm apart May to July
  
  Harvest: June to August
  Cut just above soil level and you may get some smaller bulbs forming as a second crop.