When To Plant Dill

You will notice as the head forms that the stem thickens and foliage becomes smaller and more sparse. Fortunately, growing dill is quick and simple and the seeds you collect can be used to start the next season's crop.

For this reason, it may need staking, especially when planted alone in the garden. Groupings of dill plants, however, hold each other up and don't require staking.If you have grown herbs before, then you are familiar with pinching them back, either as...

It's especially popular in salads.is a cultivar that has more essential oil than Dukat.has lots of very dense foliage, making it ideal for harvesting the leaves for cooking.than other varieties of dill, making it a good choice if you want to harvest leaves...

Cutworms, sort of like aphids, like almost everything to eat.They are difficult to treat. Remove all plant detritus from the area post-harvest or at least two weeks prior to replanting.

) is a fairly easy to grow plant. This disease may be the result of infested seed that is then spread via wind, rain or irrigation. This disease results in soft, rotting seeds which do not germinate, or seedlings that emerge with reddish lesions around...

Dill will grow in most types of soil, though it prefers. Keep reading to learn more about growing dill in containers and care of dill in pots.The most important thing to keep in mind when growing dill in containers is the depth of your containers.

Dill may also stunt the growth of nearby carrots.Results are mixed when it comes to planting dill near. However, many gardeners have observed that when mature, dill plants stunt the growth of tomato plants.The answer to this quandary is to prune dill...

Other than this, dill will grow happily in both poor and rich soil or in damp or dry conditions.One of the benefits of growing dill is that both the leaves and seeds of dill weed plants are edible.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

So, when you plant dill, it is a good idea to add a few extra plants for the caterpillars to snack on. A lot of people make quiche versions that highlight salmon with the dill and goat cheese, but you can make a vegetarian version filled with pieces of...

Recently I was asked by one of our Dave's Garden friends what is dill good for and in what dishes can it be used. Another friend asked me what is lovage; he didn't even knew what it looked like.

No pinching is needed, since they are self branching. Furthermore, their self cleaning characteristic means that no deadheading is needed. They are truly low-maintenance, high performing plants.The butter daisy is known by such common names as butter...

Last fall I attended a dinner where the host used a huge garden carrot as the centerpiece. Leeks can be handled this way, too, and it's worth a try with celery. To reduce moisture loss, trim off all leaves.

Every gardener should aim to keep soil covered as much as possible, whether through efficient use of space with multiple crops grown side by side, or with generous layers of organic mulch, or a temporary cover crop to nourish and protect the soil.

Neighbours might also let you rake up their leaves, or may even be glad to deliver them to your garden just to be rid of them! Leaves can be used as a thick, insulating blanket over empty beds or around overwintering plants, but as they're loose and light...

When the best place you have to grow veggies and herbs is a sloping hillside, you can terrace your way to a garden that's beautiful, productive, and reasonably easy to maintain. In this way, retaining logs or boards have what you might call a hugelkultur...

It's time to renovate neglected beds and get late crops planted, lavish summer compost on everything, and step into soil-improvement season by sowing weed-choking green manure crops.

You can even add an apple or banana (two generous ethylene producers) to the bag to speed ripening still further. Reducing the amount of water you give plants is the best way to ‘stress out' plants.

In autumn and winter, spores of Chondrostereum purpureum may infect trees through wounds, so it's important to avoid pruning at this time. It's not uncommon on plums and related plants, and in the absence of the distinctive dead, sunken patch it's likely...

Keep them whole or halved for dropping into spicy homemade curries, or pulverise them first – in the food processor or with the end of a weighty rolling pin (somewhat noisy but strangely satisfying!).

You can speed things along by adding a splosh of water to the top of the pot before it's left to soak. It will help you balance and you'll be able to water twice as quickly. Provide shade to help seedlings thrive during a heatwave Add Some Shade Young...

You need to allow enough time before the temperature drops and growth slows right down. Set the seeds onto a layer of compost or potting soil about 10cm (4in) deep, or deeper if your container is particularly tall.

Thin peaches in stages: to one fruit every four inches (10cm) once they reach the size of a hazelnut, then again at golf ball size to their final spacing of 8-10 inches (20-25cm). I'm using a sharp pair of pruners for the job, but if the fruits are really...

You can buy sticky traps, or make your own. Begin with a good, strong blast from the hose to knock the whitefly off your plants and onto the ground where they'll perish. Flowers and flowering herbs such as calendula , thistles, oregano, fennel, parsley,...

Pickings from fruiting and pod-producing vegetables such as beans and tomatoes are coming thick and fast right now, but as summer wanes both the quantity of what you pick and how often you are able to pick it will begin to tail off.

Dealing with pests in the garden can feel like an ongoing battle. Mulching will also help to suppress weeds (which can sometimes harbour pests) while encouraging pest-munching ground beetles.

So here's how to do it! Types of Cabbage There's a fantastic range of cabbage varieties to choose from, offering different shapes, colors and textures. Spring cabbages , which may also be harvested young as ‘spring greens', are ready from mid to late...

For this, nothing beats a water feature. As well as the usual patio set of table and chairs, consider installing a bench in a part of the garden from where you can enjoy a good vantage point over your labors – for instance, at the end of a path looking...