How to Care for an Indoor Dill Plant

Planting Dill

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  Choose a deep planting container, such as a pot, with holes in the bottom. Dill needs well-drained soil, and the holes are essential to prevent too much water from accumulating in the container.

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  Fill the pot with peat, perlite, vermiculite, or some similar growing medium. Unlike most herbs, dill prefers slightly acidic conditions, so do not add lime to your growing medium.

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  Plant dill seeds 1/4 inch deep. If you are planting more than one plant in the same container, you may set seeds a few inches apart. Once seedlings have emerged and are 1 or 2 inches high, thin them so that the dill plants are 10 to 12 inches apart.

Caring For Your Plants

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  Keep your dill plants near a strong light source. A south-facing window is best. Dill requires five to six hours of direct sunlight every day. If a window is not available, 12 hours of fluorescent light is an adequate substitute.

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  Stake your plants once they are a few inches high. Dill grown indoors tends to be tall and spindly, and the plants will benefit from the additional support.

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  Fertilize your dill plants every four to six weeks with a liquid fertilizer at half the label recommended strength.

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  Water the plants just enough to keep the soil moist, but not wet. Dill plants do not respond well to wet feet, and standing water can kill them in a few days.