Tetra Dill Seed
Description
Slow-bolting variety. Dried dill in a jar can’t hold a candle to the brilliant aroma of fresh dill. ‘Tetra’ is bushier than other tall, leggy types and flowers later, meaning more dill leaves for the cook! Adds a sprightly tang to pasta salads, dips, dressings and fish, and is, of course, the flavoring of choice for un-sweet pickles. An important host for swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. Heat-tolerant and very easy to grow. Light aids germination; make sure seed has contact with soil.
- Type: Annual
- Days to germinate: 20-25
- Days to maturity: 40-50 for leaves; 90-100 for seed
- Sun/shade: Full sun
- Start indoors: Not recommended
- Direct-sow outdoors: 1-2 weeks after last frost; sow every 2-3 weeks for a continuous supply
- Planting depth: Press into surface
- Spacing: A few seeds every 4”; when 2-3” tall, thin to one strong plant
- Mature plant height: 12-24”
- Harvest: Just as plants are beginning to flower; 2-6 harvests per season. Do not cut if you want to harvest whole seed.
- Suitable for container growing: Yes
- Year of discovery: Ancient; origin unknown, but mentioned in most Germanic languages
