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🌿✨ Moravan Dill – Anethum graveolens – 5 grams Seeds

🌿✨ Moravan Dill – Anethum graveolens – 5 grams Seeds

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Enhance your herb garden with Moravan Dill (Anethum graveolens), a traditional Czech variety prized for its strong, fragrant aroma and flavorful, feathery leaves. Perfect for pickling, seasoning, and garnishing, Moravan Dill thrives in both home gardens and containers, producing abundant seeds and tender foliage. This heirloom variety is known for its excellent disease resistance and adaptability to various growing conditions.

Usage:

  • Ideal for pickling cucumbers, carrots, and other vegetables

  • Flavorful addition to soups, salads, sauces, and fish dishes

  • Seeds used as a spice in breads, teas, and seasoning blends

  • Attractive ornamental herb with delicate foliage and yellow umbels

Sowing Time:

  • Direct sow outdoors from early spring after last frost

  • Can be succession sown every 3–4 weeks for continuous harvest

Germination Time:

  • 7–14 days

Sowing Depth:

  • 1–2 cm (½ inch) deep in loose soil

Soil Requirements:

  • Well-drained, fertile soil

  • pH 5.5–7.0

  • Avoid heavy clay soils that retain water

Sunlight Requirements:

  • Full sun (6+ hours daily)

Watering:

  • Moderate watering; keep soil evenly moist but not soggy

  • Mulching helps retain moisture and reduce weeds

Plant Height:

  • Grows 60–90 cm (24–36 inches) tall

Spacing:

  • Thin seedlings to 20–25 cm (8–10 inches) apart

Harvest Time:

  • Leaf harvest begins 40–60 days after sowing

  • Seeds ready for harvest approximately 90 days after sowing

Hardiness Zone:

  • USDA Zones 3–9

Other Benefits:

  • Excellent disease resistance

  • Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators

  • Can be grown in containers or garden beds

  • Adds visual interest with bright yellow flowers

Latin Name: Anethum graveolens

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