Growing Dill Outdoors: Planting, Care, and Harvesting

title: "Growing Dill Outdoors: Planting, Care, and Harvesting"

Anethum graveolens is a cool-season annual in the carrot family (Apiaceae) that behaves similarly to cilantro in one important respect: it bolts in heat and does not survive frost as a productive herb. The bolt window is wider than cilantro — dill tolerates warmer temperatures longer before transitioning to seed — but the same succession planting logic applies to maintain a consistent leaf harvest.

Dill has two distinct harvest products: the feathery leaves (dill weed) and the flat-topped seed heads (dill seed), which are used differently in cooking. A bolting dill plant is not the end of the harvest — it is the beginning of the seed harvest.

I don't grow dill regularly at the Long Island plot — this guide is sourced from university Extension publications.

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