[DopeyAlex]

Hi all,

We have some dill or fennel about 4ft high. Would you prune it??? If so, how much?

Its planted outside in the ground.

Cheers, Alex

[Trillium]

Not sure I'd bother trimming it as the weather will likely knock it back soon. But if it's troublesome until then, cut back to where you want it as long as you leave some fronds to sustain growth.

[realfood]

Fennel is a perennial herb and remember to harvest the dried seeds for use in cooking.
Dill is an annual herb and will die off during the Winter.

[tode]

You can cut the fennel right down to the ground, and it'll be up again next Spring.

I usually try to shorten mine before the seeds drop, otherwise I have fennel coming up everywhere.

[Zippy]

Oh - OK - I've always sown it like an annual. I guess if its the vegetable kind you pull it all up but if its the herb kind you could treat it like a perennial.