Seedman's Dill Seeds

Dill Seeds

Useful gardening information

Dill is an annual, self-seeding plant with feathery green leaves. It is used most commonly in soups, stews, and for pickling. Dill is easy to grow and attracts beneficial insects to your garden, such as wasps and other predatory insects.

Sow dill seeds about 1/4-inch deep and 18 inches apart in rich soil, then gently rake the seeds into the soil. The soil should be around 60 to 70°F for best results.
Dill does not grow well when transplanted, so start the seeds fresh in the garden in early summer. Make sure to shelter the plants from strong winds.
After 10 to 14 days, the plants should appear in the soil. Wait another 10 to 14 days, then thin the plants to about 12 to 18 inches apart.
In your garden, plant dill next to cabbage or onions, but keep the dill away from carrots.

Links to useful information on the web:

How to grow dill

Dill recipes

TST197 Common Dill

A plant with many uses, including atrracting beneficial insects, butterflies, as a cut flower, it is deer resistant, and many edible uses. Dill is an annual that has been used as a medicinal and culinary herb for millennia. Both seeds and leaves are utilized and have a soft, sweet flavor. Leaves are finely divided and feathery looking, and when they are cut and dried are referred to as dill weed.
Dill weed has a more mellow flavor than dill seeds. The yellow flowers occur in umbels and can be used for cutting. Certain swallowtail butterflies will use Dill as a host plant. Culinary uses: garnish, eggs, potatoes, pasta salads, fish, seafood, pickling, salad dressings and sauces. Popular in German, Russian and Scandinavian cuis

IP356 Vierling Dill ( Anethum graveolens )

Deep, blue-green color and finely cut foliage. A good late flower strain for commercial leaf production; it is also used as a cut flower, as it produces attractive, light greenish flowers.
It's a great selection for dill seed. Both its foliage and seeds are touted to be extra fragrant and delicious.

IP053 Seed-A-Plenty Dill Anethum graveolens

Wow! This dill plant is the best we have ever tried for harvesting lots of seeds for flavoring foods and pickling, early, high seed yield, nice aniseed flavor. Grows about 24" tall, can be started inside, or directly in the garden after frost.

2265 Dill "SuperDukat" ( Anethum graveolens )

Maturity: 40-55 days to leaf harvest; 85-105 days to seed. High essential oil content for potent flavor. The flower heads are uniform in height and the plant is straight and clean for easier harvesting. A week later to flower than Bouquet. Edible flowers: break into florets and mix in cheese, omlets or soft cheese. Use whole heads in pickles.

TPF251 Dill "Mammoth" ( Anethum graveolens )

An old heirloom dill growing to 4' tall. A large vigorous plant with an abundance of feathery foliage and lots of seeds.

TGL027 Bouquet

Enhances the flavor of almost anything! Seeds flavor pickles; leaves enhance salads, soups, omelets and vegetables.
Most widely grown. Good seed and leaf yields.
Early flowering plants produce large blooms, seed umbels, and foliage on long stems, making Bouquet the preferred dill for cut flower use and pickling. Also an economical, fast-growing choice for baby-leaf production. Edible seeds, flowers, and greens flavor many foods. Popular addition to sauces, salads, and soup. Foliage known as dill weed.
The flowers are used to garnish potato salad, green salads, and pickles. When broken into florets, they can be mixed into a cheese spread or omelet.

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