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I am a big fan of Dill - an excellent falvourfull herb that seems to go with anything savoury. It's fantastic in soups and stews, it makes great sauce for fish, and it really is wonderful.
I now, as the title suggests, have dill on my wndow sill. I bought a seed packet about a month ago, put mushroom compost in a pot and planted. My little dill plants are now about three inches high and goig strong. Experience so far sugeasts that they like the sun, and need turning every day or else they would grow at an angle. They like regular watering and while its been hot, I've been giving them a drop every day. Spraying them with water also seems to help.
I have planted about a dozen seeds in one large pot, and this seems to be working well. The plants started out looking a lot like little grass shoots. Within a few days they started producing leaves, and now have quite attractive, feathery leaves. Dill plants can grow to quite a decent height, and patience is required during the early stages - if I eat them now, they won't grow too well.
I would recomend waiting until the dill plants have plenty of leaves before cropping. Generally, young fresh growths are best on most herbs. Chop up fine for cooking. Having now sapled some raw leaves, these are wonderful and would make a great addition to any salad or sandwhich. The only trouble is than the plants are still quite small and could be eaten to death in no time!
Dill can be planted outside, but I have decided against taking my chances wit the slugs, and want to have dill all year round, hence the window pot. A seed packet bought from a shop will give you enough to keep replanting if you kill off your little dills or crop them to the point whereby they can't reseed.
I will admit that I am quite new to dill keeping, and will report any progress or insight here as and when I find it. I am feeling very enthusiastic about growing this herb, and so far it appears to be easy to grow.
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25.05.2001 13:06
The only thing that I managed to grow successfully were some sprout plants last year, and they went lovely with the christmas lunches.Good op.