Growing liquorice

[cornykev]

Sherbet dips, sherbet lemons, peardrops, aniseed twists, sweet peanuts, pinapple chunks, army and navy, lemon bomboms, the list goes on, no wonder I spent so much money on the dentists over the years.   ;D ;D ;D

[cornykev]

[Biscombe]

Ahhhhhh what are you doing to me Kev!!  ;)

[Jeannine]

With all this talk of sweets, maybe I should post the Sweet Shop quiz I have. XX Jeannine

[cornykev]

Post away Jeannine you could call it Easter EGG HEADS.

[potterfanpete]

Mmmmmm...liquorice...are you talking about the liquorice you buy in strings?? I know you're talking about growing liquorice, but don't understand what type! There are so many :)

[HappyMouffetard]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that growing licorice nvolves digging trenches about 4 foot deep  :o

[ninnyscrops]

Hi Potterfanpete, no this is the actual root of the plant that you just chew for the juices! 

And thanks for that HappyMouffetard! Couldn't you have posted this before I ordered the seed ::)

[sand]

According to my packet from the Eden Project

'For best results, provide a deep, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun.  Height 3ft'

Just noticed the price on the packet is £3.49!  Bargain at 50p from the Gardener's World show.  All the Thompson & Morgan seeds were 50p there so I stocked up.

I did a quick google and was a bit alarmed to see that it can be quite dangerous to your blood pressure etc so I might just grow it for the flowers and smell.

Or perhaps just a nibble...

sand

[ninnyscrops]

It could be digging the four feet deep trench that's bad for the blood pressure  ;D

[Jeannine]

Actually I think it is the race to the loo that raises your BP XX Jeannine

[philcooper]

According to my packet from the Eden Project

'For best results, provide a deep, fertile, well-drained soil in full sun.  Height 3ft'

Having grown up in Pontefract where liquorice was grown commercially for many years, the reason I was told that it did so well there is that it is at the junction of Permian and coal measures - I think the Permian is sandstone - cos there's a lot of that there.

The soil is light but with plenty of body - easy to dig but doesn't dry out in summer

I don't remember a lot of sun!!!

Phil

[Robert_Brenchley]

The Permian is certainly known for its sandstone, but I'd have thought the key was in the precise nature of the rock, the resulting soil, and the climate, rather than its age!

[philcooper]

Who said anything about age!!!

Just because my bus pass needs renewing