Dill Oliver (900 seeds)

Anethum graveolens - Oliver

Dill is an annual plant. It grows to a height of up to 1 m or more. The stem has multiply divided leaves with thin segments. From July to August it blooms with yellow flowers forming an umbel.

It contains vitamin C and essential oils. It is suitable for sauces, cold soups and as a seasoning for fish. Young herb is suitable for cucumber, potato and tomato salad. It is added to herb butters, cottage cheese spreads, and sauces for fish. Finely chopped young dill leaves give cottage cheese an aromatic flavor. Suitable methods of preservation are freezing or drying.

How to grow dill

• It requires a sunny location. Sheltered positions if possible. Watering should be moderate. Waterlogged soils slow down growth and plants rot. It is suitable to grow dill with other perennials and plants in beds. It benefits from shaded roots.

• Sow seeds from April to July directly in the location. Rows should be approximately 20 cm apart.

• It does not tolerate heavy, waterlogged, or stony soils. Loamy, permeable soils with a higher nutrient supply are suitable.

• It is sensitive to fertilizers containing chlorine. Dill does not need additional fertilization.

• Plants do not suffer from diseases or pests.

  Growing dill repels cabbage white butterfly.

• After approximately 6 weeks we can harvest young green herb. It should be about 20 cm high. We leave taller and especially flowering dill for purposes such as pickling. The younger the herb we harvest, the better.