Growing dill tips

Select a warm sunny sheltered spot.

Ensure soil is kept moist by regular watering duing summer.

Dill is a hardy annual. Growing up to 90cm (3ft) high.

Pick leaves as required and seed heads when they turn brown. The whole plant should then be cut down and the seed drying completed indoors. Store seeds in airtight container.

Plant the seeds (in clumps) directly where they are to grow. Thin out the seedling gradually so as to allow room to grow. Sow in spring if you would like the plants to set seed.

Optimum planting depth is 6mm deep.

Spacing between plants should be 30cm (12in) apart.

Rows of 20cm (8in) apart.

Germination for plants to appear is 10 to 14 days.

Maturity 8 weeks.

Good to plant alongside lettuce, corn, cucumbers and cabbage as bees are attracted to the dill flowers, whilst cabbage white butterflies avoid it.

Dill's botanical name is Anethum graveolens.
Originally from southern Europe and western Asia.

Good for babies to assist with hiccups and induce sleep. It's mildness makes it safe. The name dill comes from the Saxon word 'dilla' and means to lull. Has been taken from early times for indigestion and stomach upsets, and as a tranquillizer.

Dill seeds can be chewed to sweeten breath.

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Link for Australian residents www.aerogarden.com.au

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