Growing dill

Growing dill is not difficult, so Everyone can cope with this task. The most pleasant thing is that fennel can be grownall year round, both in the country house and at home on the windowsill. But still, for the cultivation of dill should take into account some features of care for this plant.

Dill is unpretentious to the land on which it grows, so you can grow it everywhere. Special fertilizers are also not required, becauseit will be enough for those minerals that remained in the ground after the cultivation of another culture. But still there will be nothing to grow on completely depleted soil, so for better development dill can be slightly fertilized with phosphorus and potassium fertilizers.

Let the fennel not very fond of the soil, but here It needs a lot of moisture and sunlight. Without these two ingredients, the dill will be small, and it will take a very long time to wait.

Fennel growing outdoors

To get the early greens of dill, its can be sown for the winter or spring, as soon as the snow comes down. For such planting, it is best to use early varieties of dill, the herbs of which are usable on average 10 days earlier than in middle-aged plants.

Seeds of dill begin to germinate even at a temperature of 3 ° C. Small frosts of dill are not terrible, becausethis plant is cold-resistant. But because of the low temperature the dill will germinate long enough. The best growing of dill will be at a temperature of 15-20 ° C. The growth of seeds is strongly affected by the presence of moisture. In dry soil, dill sprouts for about a month, but if there is enough water, the first shoots will appear after 2 weeks.

In the open ground it is best to sow pre-soaked dill seeds. This technology of growing dill gives youguarantee the rapid germination of seeds, because the fetus will receive a sufficient amount of moisture for rapid growth. When the seeds ascend, they should be fertilized with phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, so that a good growth of plants begins. Do not forget to weed dill from the weeds.

Growing dill on the windowsill

Naturally, fresh herbs in the autumn and winter can only be obtained when growing dill in greenhouses or on the windowsill. Dill on the windowsill can grow quite well. It should be planted in boxes measuring 15x40 cm. And in order for you to constantly have fresh dill, it is recommended to sow seeds with an interval of 10-15 days.

When the seeds germinate, their should be, so that each plant has enough spacefor the development of leaflets. Since in winter the fennel will receive too little sunlight, for plants it will be necessary to lighten under the fluorescent lights that hang above the box at a height of about 50 cm.

Growing dill in a greenhouse

If you have a greenhouse, you can grow dill in it. Dill in the greenhouse grows very well, but to himshould also be paid attention, like any other culture. Before planting, fennel seeds should be soaked for 2-3 days. The earth in the greenhouse should be digested and fertilized with humus. Seeds are sown on the surface of the soil, then they are mixed with the rakes with the soil. Seeds are watered with a watering can, until the land is saturated with water sufficiently.

Until the first shoots of dill appear, seeds should be watered with warm water. Then shoots should be weeded out and weeds removed. In the future, you only need to monitor the temperature of the air in the greenhouse, which should not fall below 15 ° C.