What you need to know to grow dill without umbrellas: gardening tricks
Gardeners use dill umbrellas only when the time for winter harvesting begins. The use of this part of the plant is not that wide. The umbrellas are simply added to jars with pickles.
The rest of the time, dill is grown exclusively for its fluffy green branches, which can be frozen and used for preserves.
There is one gardening trick that allows you to grow a harvest of aromatic greens.
Dill that grows in umbrellas is considered early ripening.
Another difference between it and the bush variety is that after 35 days it produces the first flower stalk, but produces no more than 4-6 leaves.
Therefore, the first thing you need to do is select the right varieties, otherwise instead of lush greenery, you will have to collect seeds every 2-3 weeks.
What to do with seeds
The seeds need to be placed in gauze and kept in warm water for three days. It needs to be changed periodically.
After this, the seeds are left on a damp napkin, covered on top and put away in a warm place for another 5 days.
After this period, the seeds need to be dried and can be sown in the ground.
It is believed that if you sow at a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and in compliance with technology, the umbrellas will appear only closer to autumn.
