Sow and grow the dill yourself

Content

• Sow and grow the dill yourself
• Select a suitable location for the dill
• The right time for sowing dill
• Worth knowing about the sowing of dill
• Nursing measures for the freshly sown dill
• Tips & Tricks

Sow and grow the dill yourself

The dill is one of the most popular culinary herbs, because it has a very aromatic taste and can be used for many purposes. It can be sown successfully at a suitable location in the field or in the pot with relatively little care,

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Select a suitable location for the dill

Dill can not only be planted in the field or in the raised bed, but it can also be cultivated in a pot on the balcony or on the terrace. Basically, you should make sure to select a full sun to maximum shade position for the dill. It has a positive effect on the growth and the expected harvest, if you assign the dill a rather protected place in the garden. Otherwise, hail and strong gusts of wind can easily damage the filigree plants. In terms of soil, the dill is actually relatively undemanding, but it should be a loose substrate without slope to waterlogging.

The right time for sowing dill

The sowing of dill is possible from about mid-April directly in the field, when no more night frosts are to be expected. If you experience the Dillbluete and you want to gain seeds from the dill for processing or re-sowing, then you should have sown the dill by the end of June at the latest. If you only want to harvest and dry the dill herb, then you can sow the dill in the field until about the end of August.

Worth knowing about the sowing of dill

Since the dill, like many other herbs and vegetables (such as lovage, celery, carrots) belongs to the umbelliferae, it should only be cultivated in a crop rotation with rest periods for the soil in the same location if possible. However, dill often self-sows in a larger bed, so when selective weed removal is done, new dill plants often grow next door without you having to sown them. Dill is a natural defense against garden pests such as cabbage whites and aphids. Therefore, it is often used in the vegetable patch in rows between the following vegetables:

Sown in rows you should keep the dill about 15 to 25 centimeters between the rows, so that the herb can develop well.

Nursing measures for the freshly sown dill

They recognize the freshly germinated dill relatively simply by its characteristic, filigree appearance. During the germination phase you should keep the soil sufficiently moist. Nevertheless, you should not pour too much, because the dill is sensitive to waterlogging. In the early stages of growth, you should carefully remove between the plants budding weeds so that it does not overgrow the dill.

Tips & Tricks

Dill seeds are only stable for about two years, so they should be used as fresh as possible for a renewed sowing.

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