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Wild Fennel

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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If you pinch the tops out, will they get bushier?
In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I harvest Wild fennel same as Basil, taking the leaves as I need them and cutting just above a joint. Can't say I have noticed them getting very much bushier though, but then I am growing on clay so they aren't that happy to start with  :D 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'm not too bothered about bushy but I'd prefer them shorter without losing the flowers
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I think you would lose some flowers if you shorten the stems but this would be the time to do it and I can't think you would notice fewer flowers later.  I feel like I'm constantly deadheading so you should be OK.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    thanks @herbaceous. They're a few years old but  some get way too high. I think I'll have a go at the worst offenders
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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