How to Harvest Dill Plants

Care for your dill plants by providing adequate moisture, ample sunlight and planting in rich, well-drained soil. Taking these measures produces healthy dill plants for harvest.

Allow the plants to reach maturity for the largest harvest possible. This takes about 70 days for foliage harvesting and 90 days for seed harvesting. Foliage may be harvested at any time during the growing season if desired, however, as long as the foliage is green.

Use scissors to cut the foliage close to the main stem of the plant once maturity is reached. Harvest in the morning after all the dew on the plant has dried.

Allow some of the branches on the plant to go to flower. These flowers turn into seeds. Wait for the lower seeds on the head to turn brown, then cut the head from the plant. Green seeds may finish drying and browning indoors by tying them with string and hanging them upside down in a dark, well-ventilated place. Punch holes in the sides of a brown paper bag, then tie the bag over the heads of drying seeds. The seeds mature and fall into the bag for collection. Seeds will scatter if allowed to fully mature on the plant, making them difficult or impossible to harvest.