Dill remains one of the most popular spices in the world. It is added to various dishes almost all year round.
It contains many useful substances for the human body, and it simply has excellent taste.
Dill can be grown even in winter on a windowsill.
And where would we be without dill in the garden? Usually housewives collect seeds in the fall, storing them until spring.
The first shoots of dill make housewives very happy, because young and fragrant dill sprouts. But after 4-5 weeks, its stem formation begins.
The plant stretches out and a long stem with a small amount of greenery remains. And I would so like to have young dill in the garden all season.
How can we slow down the stem formation and is it even possible to do this?
Yes, that's what gardening tricks are for.
1. It is recommended to choose a dill variety that has a longer stemming period. For example, there are varieties that have this period of 40-45 days.
2. You can cover the bed, so the daylight hours will be shortened to 10-12 hours. But if the daylight hours are even shorter, the dill will grow thin branches, which is very bad.
Some varieties of dill can be sown twice a year to ensure that the garden has greenery throughout the entire summer season.
The first planting usually occurs in late April - early May.
Very often dill is a self-seeding plant; in the autumn the seeds ripen on their own, spread across the garden bed and in the spring they sprout on their own.
Earlier we talked about whether it is possible to plant dill next to strawberries.
