Dill - Mammoth
Dill - Mammoth
- Seeds per pack: 100+
Seed Details
Every gardener should grow Dill if for nothing else to but encourage a diverse insect population and garden guardian. Quick growing plant with an abundance of flower heads and an intense dill flavour. Successful cultivation of dill requires hot summers; full sun and rich, well-drained soil. Use is soups sauces, pickling and spicing up a favourite dip. Butterflies love Dill. Deer resistant.
Instructions
Sow 2 mm deep. Direct sow when the earth can be worked.
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Type: | Herbs |
Seed #: | 121 |
Variety: | Old style Bouquet |
Colour: | Herb |
Temperature (C): | 10 - 15 |
Zone: | 3+ |
Blooms: | July to September |
Site: | Full Sun or Part Shade |
Quantity: | 100 |
Height (cm): | 65 - 75 |
Spread (cm): | 25 - 30 |
Modern knowledge credits dill seed as a breath freshener and anti-bacterial agent. stomach ailment relief and is also believed to stimulate milk production in breastfeeding women.
It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and western Asia. The word dill comes from the old Norse word dylla, meaning to soothe or lull. Widely used in the Middle Ages to defend against witchcraft and spells. More recently, people have used dill seeds and the parts of the plant that grow above the ground as medicine.