Growing dill: 7 tricks, step-by-step sowing
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Dill and onions are perhaps the most common greens on all tables and in any company. Not a single first or second course is complete without dill. It is eaten with pleasure by both adults and children. And, despite the fact that this is a rather unpretentious plant, there are also tricks and secrets in growing this greenery. In this article, we will talk about growing dill and how to have a significant amount of fragrant dill in your beds from early spring to late autumn.
Growing dill: we plant before winter
Growing dill in the open field: photo
Surprisingly, it is recommended to plant this plant before winter. This is necessary to get an ultra-early harvest and please yourself with young greens in April. In order to plant dill before winter, you can use varieties of completely different ripening periods. From earliest to ultra-late. Sowing dill in the fall is carried out at different times, starting from the climate of a particular region, but be sure to do this before the arrival of the first frost. Also, do not forget that in contrast to spring sowing, dill seeds are planted deeper in the fall. Phased crops. Usually dill gives a bountiful harvest in May - June, and then we indulge ourselves only with old green leaves of dill. However, in order to eat dill almost the entire season, it is recommended to plant it in stages. Usually, only super-early varieties are used for this. After you have received seedlings of autumn dill, they are taken for new beds. The first sowing of dill should be done when the soil surface warms up to plus 6 degrees, and then the greens are planted regularly every two weeks. When young greens reach a height of 40 centimeters, they begin to cut them off abundantly, and one sowing is usually enough for one to two weeks. And when the dill grows old and dries up, new spring crops are already growing.
Growing dill: bush varieties
Growing dill in the open field: photo
If you do not have the time, energy and desire to plant dill every 2 weeks, then bush varieties of dill with autumn sowing are suitable for you. It grows up to one and a half meters in height and forms up to twenty large leaves on the lateral and main shoots. This type of dill grows well after cutting and provides its hosts with young greens throughout most of the summer.
Shelter for early varieties
Growing dill in the open field: photo
It's no secret that the weather during the summer is very capricious. Usually the warm period is followed by cold snaps and heavy rainfall. And, despite the fact that dill is a seemingly simple and unpretentious type of plant to stretch the time for obtaining fresh greens until the very late autumn, it is advisable to use shelters during unfavorable weather conditions. Remember that if you planted dill in early - mid-summer, then after a sharp cold snap, cool rains in September and October, your dill may die. Therefore, it must be covered with a covering material.
Different length of the growing season
Growing dill in the open field: photo
There are many varieties of dill, so if you want to eat greens all season, then it is not necessary to plant dill in stages throughout the summer and spring. You can simply use varieties of the same type, but with different periods of the growing season.It is very suitable to add late and medium varieties to early plantings with different terms for obtaining greens. These types of dill will begin to form stems much later, therefore, by doing so, they lengthen the period of formation of large leaves in technical maturity. Growing these greens usually takes 15 to 20 days, and early varieties usually up to 15. These types of plants usually form umbrellas in late summer - in August, so you will have a whole summer to cut young greens and add them to food. Remember that cut greens can not only be eaten fresh, but also frozen, dried, salted or preserved. Umbrellas are also actively added in the marinade preparation process.
Growing dill: your sowing dates
Growing dill in the open field: photo
It is also possible to regulate the process of obtaining dill greens with the help of effective use of plant sowing dates. Make it a rule to plant only late varieties in early spring, and plant early varieties in late May and early summer, because they will bear fruit in stages. This will help you fill your table with fresh herbs until late autumn. After the dill seeds are ripe, they usually fall off and give 1 more harvest of fresh and delicate greens, even in short frosts.
Dill varieties for outdoor cultivation
Growing dill in the open field: photo
In our article, we have repeatedly turned to dill varieties. So what are these types of plants all the same? Among the early gardeners, the following are distinguished: Gribovsky, Grenadier and Aurora. For medicinal purposes, the following varieties are suitable: Hercules and Kibray. Grow your own scented dill and enjoy the fresh herbs all season long!
