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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4823 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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 Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 7:50:03 PM
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I am growing dill for the first time. My plant is very tall with a bit of wispy bits on the top and bottom. How can I get it to get bushier and produce more? I would appreciate any growing tips you might have!
Dawn in IL |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 8:37:54 PM
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This is my first year of growing dill, too. I pinched a couple inches off the top and it seems to have made a difference. They are getting bushier. I do the same thing with cilantro; mainly to slow down the bolting.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4823 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2008 : 04:32:21 AM
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The stalks on my plant are quite long. How low should I pinch them back?
Thanks,
Dawn in IL |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 06:16:04 AM
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Oh, sorry, Dawn, I haven't been on in a few days. You could pinch off as much as you feel is necessary. But you would want to pinch at a branching point. Save the leaves you pinch off and dry them for recipes that call for dill weed. I've been harvesting leaves here and there as I'm cooking for some fresh dill flavor. I don't think pinching as it grows for fresh use will hurt anything.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4823 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 3:21:32 PM
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Thanks Lisa. My poor dill plant looks rather sad right now. The chipmunks popped it out of the ground for some odd reason. I replanted it & am hoping it will perk up again. I'll pinch it back after it shows signs of surviving!
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 7:25:11 PM
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Oh, man, I'm sorry. If chipmunks are a serious problem, you might want to try planting a decoy garden just for them and put protective netting over or around yours. The decoy garden is left open for them and you just put a plant or two of the same things in your serious garden for them to have. It doesn't always work but, for the most part they will choose the easy-access garden over the one they have to work for.
I hope your dill perks back up. Mine are looking really good and I'm expecting them to bloom here soon. I'll have more than I need and if you like, I could send you some :)
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4823 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2008 : 08:19:18 AM
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Thanks for the advice and offer Lisa. I do a lot of Persian cooking for my husband and dill is their number one herb. If mine doesn't snap to attention soon. I'll take you up on your kind offer.
I have an entire chipmunk condo community in my back yard. They have their own subway system through every flower bed and garden too. I'll try the decoy garden out & see if the little buggers will leave my vegetable one again. They are also having fun tunneling through a fern I planted a few weeks ago. It was doing great until the little buggers began playing under it. They are adorable, but what a nuisance! I have too many to battle with, so we do our best to live peacefully together.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2008 : 3:27:02 PM
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Wow, I've never lived anywhere with chipmunks that bad, or squirrels, either, for that matter.
Email me if you want me to send you some. Like I said, I have a lot more than I need. I could send you an entire plant. And other than using city water (chlorine only) my stuff is free of all other chemicals. I could never claim it to be organic, but it's as close as I can get until we get our shallow well finished.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2008 : 6:05:02 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by ddmashayekhi
I am growing dill for the first time. My plant is very tall with a bit of wispy bits on the top and bottom. How can I get it to get bushier and produce more? I would appreciate any growing tips you might have!
Dawn in IL
I am sorry Dawn, I don't have much luck with dill.
AngiKay
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2008 : 07:26:25 AM
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Dill is one of those things that doesn't transplant well. You would probably be better off starting some new plants. If it makes you feel any better my problem is moles/gophers they are tearing my garden apart from the underside!
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4823 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2008 : 08:40:10 AM
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Actually Lillian I have moles living in my yard too. Though it may sound like a jungle, we have an acre wooded lot in a very wooded & hilly area. That accounts for all the wild life IL has to offer. My dill plant is very sad, I think the funeral will probably be Monday for it! Thanks for again for the dill offer Lisa, you may be hearing from me soon.
Dawn in IL |
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CherryPie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kimberly Ann
Puyallup
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2008 : 2:16:27 PM
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Moles are a real problem where I am. I eventually gave up on trying to get rid of them because the sonic deterrent didn't work and I just couldn't kill them.
Kimberly Ann
Farmgirl Sister #225
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2008 : 04:38:19 AM
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You are welcome, Dawn. Just let me know! They are about to flower now, so if you want to wait until it develops seed, I can send seed along with the leaves. You can use the seeds in cooking/canning or save a few of them to plant next year. These are an heirloom variety.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
http://www.freewebs.com/lisamariesbasketry/index.htm |
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