Description
Tetra Dill is a heat-tolerant, late-flowering variety that offers a refreshing, aromatic flavor, perfect for culinary use. Known for its bushy growth and fern-like, dark green leaves, Tetra Dill produces more foliage for dill lovers and is slow to bolt, ensuring fresh, flavorful dill throughout the growing season. This frost-tolerant annual is a great choice for gardeners looking to enjoy an ongoing supply of leaves rather than seeds. Additionally, it acts as a host plant for swallowtail butterfly caterpillars, helping to attract beneficial pollinators to your garden.
This packet sows up to 240 feet. 2,160 seeds.
Variety Info:
Botanical Name: Anethum graveolens
Family: Apiaceae
Native: Probably South Asia
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 30″–36″ tall, bushy plant
Variety Information: 'Tetra' has fern-like, softly delicate, dark green, aromatic leaves. It is a late-flowering variety, lending itself to more leaf production; it is used mainly for the leaves, not the seeds. Slow-to-bolt.
Exposure: Full sun.
Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Deer Resistant, Heat Tolerant
Sowing Info:
When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks before your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 60°F. Successive Sowings: Every 2 to 3 weeks to ensure a continual fresh supply of foliage and seeds.
When to Start Inside: 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date. Sow in biodegradable pots that can be planted directly in the ground.
Days to Emerge: 20–25 days
Seed Depth: Press into surface
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 4″
Row Spacing: 12″
Thinning: When 3″ tall, thin to 1 every 4″
Growing Info:
Harvesting: Fresh foliage can be harvested any time until plant flowers. Cut leaves as close to stem as possible. Seeds should be harvested 2 to 3 weeks after flowering begins, after the flower heads have turned brown. Cut flower heads with stem and place in paper bag before seed becomes too mature and falls to the ground. Heads should be placed in bottom of bag and the top of the bag should be tied shut around the stems. Seeds will fall to the bottom of the bag. Store seeds in airtight glass jar.
