Fennel, Common (Foeniculum vulgare) seeds, organic [WA NO]

$3.95$80.00

Family:  Carrot (Apiaceae)

Clumping perennial hardy to zone 3 to 10, may be grown as an annual for the leaves, harvest in 60 days.

(Grosfruchtiger) Native to the Mediterranean basin.  The grosfruchtiger variety has very sweet green leaves and sweet seeds, with none of the funky aftertaste that sometimes comes along with common roadside fennel.  Fennel is easy to grow from seed.  Sow seed directly in regular garden soil in the spring.  The green herb and especially the seeds are one of the most commonly used flavoring agents worldwide.

Packet contains 100 seeds
5 g contains ~1,350 seeds
10 g contains ~2,700 seeds
100g contains ~27,000 seeds

Certified Organically Grown

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  1. Question

    Kalili (verified owner)

    Good Morning! I grew your wonderful fennel seeds this year. I have harvested some mature seeds; also some immature seeds which I made a tincture from (following your Making Plant Medicine suggestions, yay)..oh how fantastically fragrant they are! My question has to do with a hard frost expected and I still have a tremendous amount of seed not dry/brown on the plants…they are not fully mature and green. Can I still harvest and dry them for use? I sure hate to waste the plants’ plentiful offerings.

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Kalili,
      Thanks for your note and for growing and using the fennel. Cut the seeded tops off and hang upside down in a dry place to let them fully mature, then thresh and winnow in the usual manner. Our herb rubbing screens or set of 8 seed cleaning screens would be quite helpful in separating the seed from the sticks. richo

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    • Kalili (verified owner)

      Thank you. Your herb screens and seed cleaning screens are great; I bought them earlier this year. I don’t know how I got by without them, before. Terrific craftsmanship.

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    laura.mangels

    Which of your two fennels do you recommend for medicine? I use juice, seeds, and flowers. Thanks

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi laura, if you’re juicing fennel, then use the bulbing type. for seeds and flowers, use the common fennel (above). richo

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    Willow Whyte Lynch

    How big does this get? (How much space per plant should I plan for…?)

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    Chris

    Which of the offered fennels is best suited as a flavor for baking bread

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      This one, the giant fennel isn’t a culinary spice. r

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    • Heather

      I am looking for one that grown for the seeds. The recommended varieties of fennel herb are Foeniculum vulgare dulce and foeniculum vulgare rubrum. Both of them produce high quality fennel seeds. Are either of these seeds sold on this site?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hello heather, i suppose it depends on who is recommending, because bronze fennel (F. vulgare rubrum) is not even official, and i personally wouldn’t grow it or use it–its a cultivar that has lost something in the translation. Yes, you can call our common fennel F. vulgare dulce, as it is very sweet, and a good kind to grow for fennel seed use. One tiny tip: for edible/tincturing/glycerite use, I like to use the green seed, before it is completely ripe, as it is sweeter when harvested that way. richo

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    Cal

    How do you cook the leaves and flowers?

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      I don’t have experience with this. The main way i use the plant is in the form of the green seeds or the dried seeds.

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    • Lee Ann

      Hello, if I may… As long as as I am confident to an have ample fennel seed harvest, I happily harvest the extra fennel flowers and leaves for cooking. they are delightful when young to either eat raw in salads or add to soups. my favorite is to cook fresh diced leaves and flowers into a curry dish along with beat powder:-)!!!!

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    • Johanna

      I love fennel for pickling and as a sub for cumin.
      However: Does any other vegetable grow with fennel comfortably? I am worried about planting fennel as I’ve heard it will make an entire garden bed inhospitable to any other plant…?
      Thanks 🙏

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi johanna, in that fennel brings in a lot of pollinators for other plants it really is a good companion in my opinion. it does get bushy and tall, though, so it can be good to keep it well spaced from other plants. I have these commonly in among my creeping vines such as bitter melon–one of the ideas around companion planting is to use different horizons–one that creeps next to one that leaps, etc. r

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