Dill in our kitchen is an indispensable ingredient that not only adds flavor to dishes, but is also useful. How to properly plant dill seeds, and what nuances are available for this lesson - learn in our article.
Preparation of dill seeds for sowing
Before you start planting the seeds, you must prepare them properly. To do this, collect the seeds in a bag of gauze and soak for three days in hot water. These days will have to constantly change the water (at least 5 times a day), so that it is always hot. By such actions, you will rid the seeds of dill from a possible infection, and also accelerate their growth.
Behind the hot bath will follow thermal procedures with wrapping. To do this, use all the same gauze pouches. We spread the seeds on them, cover them with a damp cloth and leave them for another day for four. These days, you need to ensure that the temperature in the room is not below +20 ° C. As a result, after these days on your seeds must appear sprouts.
By the way, some truck farmers subject the seeds to additional processing, using for this purpose an ordinary aquarium compressor, saturating them, thus, with oxygen.
Seedlings of dill
Wanting to get an earlier harvest of dill, you can resort to growing seedlings. Lesson, of course more troublesome, but the result will meet all your expectations. In the case of growing seedlings, it will be necessary to plant the dill in the soil approximately 35 days after planting in boxes.
Soil for dill
Like all other crops, dill prefers fertilized specially for it soil. In order to do this correctly, you need to make a fertilizer dug up under the dill. As fertilizer for dill, humus, as well as diluted and infectious mullein or bird droppings, will work well.
Timing of dill planting
Dill perfectly tolerates a low temperature. Thanks to this factor, you can start dill seeding already in the middle of spring. The best time for sowing dill is the end of April. Do not worry because of possible spring frosts - dill will stand them. There is also a way to plant dill for the winter .
If you want fresh greens from the garden to be on your table all summer, then 20 days after the April planting, you can sow another batch of dill. If you keep this interval and do a few crops, then the useful greens will be a permanent decoration of your table.
Sowing dill in the open ground
Plant dill in the ground best of all in rows. It is worth observing the distance between the rows of about 15-20 cm. The depth of planting of seeds depends on the density of the soil. If the soil is heavy, then we do not plant it deeply, if it is light, then a depth of up to 3 cm is allowed. The amount of planted seeds depends on the purposes with which you plant dill. For greenery on the table, you need to plant 4-6 grams per square meter. To obtain umbrellas and seeds, this amount should be reduced by 2-2.5 times.
Planting fennel in the greenhouse
If you have a well-equipped greenhouse, you can regularly pamper yourself with fresh greenery even in winter. At the same time, an important factor should be the temperature, which should not fall below + 15 ° C.
If the ground in the greenhouse does not freeze, then the seeds of dill can be safely planted in the ground. If you are not quite sure, then use boxes filled with earth. In this case, it should be taken into account that in such tanks, holes are necessary,
In order to ensure that dill does not have a lack of moisture, the land should be well watered. Only water should be not cold, but warm.
Also worth mentioning about the light. Dill is very fond of the sun, but in winter the light day is short. Therefore, it is necessary to resort to artificial illumination. This will provoke your dill bushes to lush growth, as well as a good fragrance.
And in the winter, many housewives are engaged in growing dill on the windowsill.