How to grow dill on a windowsill in an apartment in winter with video

Most people prefer fresh greens. At any time of the year, dill is popular, which can be grown on the windowsill, the main thing is to know how. And although it is sold year-round in the store, it is much more pleasant to create a mini-garden on the windowsill.

Features of growing dill step by step

Dill is grown as a spicy herb, but there are people who value it for its medicinal and beneficial properties.

If a novice gardener has an idea for growing fragrant and lush dill at home, you need to:

• choose the right variety;
• get acquainted with cultivation technology;
• prepare the necessary inventory.

Let's take a closer look at the features of growing dill in the house.

Choice variety

Breeders have bred many varieties of dill. They differ in the height of the stems, the presence of lush greenery and the timing of flowering and seed ripening. To get fresh greens for as long as possible, it is better to plant varieties with different ripening dates.

There are plants in which after 38 days you can cut off the green mass. After 5-6 leaves grow on the stem, dill will begin to bloom. Just by this time, an already mid-ripening variety will grow up.

Early ripe varieties

Among the varieties of dill with early ripening stand out:

1. Far. A month later, dill grows, in which rosettes are 25 cm long. The density of the leaves is considered average. They have a rich green color, covered with a wax coating. This variety has strong immunity to diseases and pests.
2. Gribovsky. It can be sown in the spring, in the middle of summer, with additional illumination in the winter. It grows fragrant leaves for a month.
3. Aurora. It is considered a new variety, giving early greens. Already on the 25th day, you can use its juicy leaves, which are distinguished by a spicy smell and richness. Plants develop well, rarely get sick and are not damaged by pests.

Mid-ripening varieties

Dill varieties, which are classified as mid-ripening, have a growing season extended by a week, so they differ from early ones in larger foliage.

Among the mid-season varieties of dill are known:

1. Bushy. Greenery grows a lot, they begin to collect it after 70 days. The first cut is made from below. You can cut leaves from one plant several times. It has a lot of juicy, fragrant greens.
2. Lesnogorsky. It is recommended to grow for large and fragrant leaves. Even when umbrellas appear, you can continue cutting the leaves. The variety is resistant to diseases and pests.
3. Abundantly leafy dill. Grow to get a lot of lush greenery. It is not for nothing that it got its name: the leaves grow in large numbers, fragrant and juicy. It can be sown several times a year.

Late-ripening varieties

These plants are distinguished by the fact that delicate greens remain on them for a long time. They sometimes do not have time to ripen to the end.

Among known late varieties:

1. Alligator. It is prized for its long lasting lush greenery. He has late formed umbrellas with flowers, so the greens can be collected almost the entire summer season. The leaves turn out bright green, covered with a wax coating.
2. Kibray. Its leaves are wide, green with a slight yellowness. The raid is almost imperceptible. Rosettes are large, grow to a height of 40 cm.
3. Dill. Popular Dutch variety. Differs in unpretentiousness, transferring different conditions. Gives a lot of fragrant greens. Cutting can be done for a long time. Grows up to 1.5 meters high.

Seed preparation

In order to get only high-quality seeds for sowing and germinate faster, you need to soak them in warm water. They are placed in a cloth and soaked for about a day, changing the water after 12 hours.

Seeds can be treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, holding for 3 hours.

It is advisable to remove those grains that have surfaced, as they are considered unsuitable for sowing, and those sunk to the bottom of the dishes must be dried a little on paper.

Required inventory

For sowing dill, you can purchase containers that are used to grow seedlings. It is desirable to make holes in them to drain excess water, then fill up a drainage layer of about 2 cm. For these purposes, expanded clay is used, which can be purchased at a flower shop. Then it is recommended to fill the container with soil.

Sowing

It is good if garden soil is prepared in advance for planting seeds. If it didn’t work out, you can buy soil for growing flowers. The main condition for obtaining friendly seedlings is the looseness of the soil, so before sowing, you can add a little sand and biohumus to the ground.

After the container is filled with soil, it needs to be moistened a little more. It is better to do this with a spray gun. Then make small grooves, the depth of which should correspond to 1.5 cm. It is also recommended to sprinkle them with water. Plant the seeds, lightly cover with earth. Cover the container with cling film and put in a warm place.

For planting seeds, the temperature must be at least 18 ° C. Pre-soaked specimens germinate in about 7-10 days.

When shoots appear, it is recommended to put the container on the windowsill. To prevent dill from thickening, it is necessary to pull out excess plants at a distance of 3 cm.

Care

Growing dill on the windowsill in an apartment, especially in winter, is not an easy task. If you do not follow the rules, then the greens will turn out frail and weak.

Comfortable temperature

After the dill sprouts, it is recommended to lower the temperature at night for the first week. To do this, you can slightly open the window or transfer the seedlings to the glazed loggia. For plants, a temperature of 8-9 ° C is sufficient. This is necessary so that the dill does not stretch, and the stems become stronger.

Daytime the temperature is raised to 18 °C, but if the temperature in the apartment is above 20 °C, it is necessary to place the container on a brightly lit windowsill.

If you do not follow these rules, dill leaves will be undeveloped and have a pale green color.

Humidity

In winter, due to heating radiators in the apartment, the air dries up, so it is recommended to moisten it. Spray periodically with a spray bottle. You can put jars filled with water nearby.

It is important to monitor soil moisture. Plants are recommended to be watered daily, but make sure that all excess moisture flows out through special holes at the bottom of the container.

Additional lighting

Dill is a photophilous plant. For him, light is one of the important conditions for obtaining a crop. Even heat is not significant in dill growing conditions. It is advisable to place the container with it near the window on the illuminated windowsill.

Everyone knows that in winter the daylight hours are much shorter, so the plants will have to be illuminated with white fluorescent or LED lamps. They are hung above the container to a height of half a meter.

Lighting should last about 12 hours in winter: plants get 6 hours of additional lamp light when the container is on a south windowsill. If indoors, then illuminate with a lamp for 15 hours, you can extend the time even longer.

So that the dill does not lean in one direction, because the plants are drawn to the light, it is recommended to turn the container 180 degrees. This procedure must be carried out every day.

Fertilization

Need to feed after about 2 weeks. These can be complex mineral fertilizers with trace elements and organic fertilizers, which are now sold in bottles. It is recommended to use mineral - "Yunona", "Kemira" and organic - "Bioactive", "Organic-Balance" and others.

Harvesting

To achieve good results, it is better to cut dill greens when the plants grow to 20-25 cm. It is best to first remove the lower leaves by cutting them with scissors. After that, it is advisable to water the dill and sprinkle it from a spray bottle. In the future, the leaves will begin to grow again on the stem.

Growing dill is an exciting activity, although you will have to work hard to create the necessary conditions for it. But it's worth it, because it will be possible to admire a beautiful plant and add it to dishes, collecting from a mini-garden.

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