Bouquet Dill

Early maturing dill that can be used for fresh leaves and seed collecting. Great for pickling! Germinates in 10-21 days, matures in 50 days leaf / 95 days seed. Direct seed May to Aug.; seed shallowly in rows 45cm apart. Thin plants to 15cm apart. Seed around the same time as transplanting cucumbers to be ready for pickling. Stagger plantings to yield a continuous harvest.

Certified organic in British Columbia. IOPA # 1606, 1105, 1920.

How to Save Dill Seed

Fast Facts

Latin: Anthenum graveolens

Cross Pollination: Other dill varieties

Isolation Distance: 800 feet

Minimum Population Size (variety maintenance): 20-50 plants

Minimum Population Size (genetic preservation): 80 plants

Learn more about cross pollination, isolation distance and population size, and why they matter in our blog post Seed Saving 101

Seeding and Care

Seed plants 6” apart or seed densely and thin to desired spacing. Care for plants as usual, avoid cutting fresh leaves off seed plants and rogue out small, deformed, sickly or fast-bolting plants. Dill can grow flowering stalks to 4-5’ high. 

Seed Maturity

Allow seeds to turn dark brown, but don’t leave too long past the point of ripeness as the seeds fall easily from the plants. Cut off the seed heads carefully, it can be useful to cut over a bin to catch falling seeds. Place seed heads in open paper bags, on a tarp or in an open-slotted crate lined with paper to dry completely. 

Seed Harvest

Shake, roll between your hands or whack the seed heads against the sides of a bin to dislodge the remaining seeds. Shake the threshed material through a screen, allowing the seeds to pass through and the larger debris to remain on the top. Then, winnow using wind or a fan, pouring seeds from one container to another while allowing the lighter chaff to blow away. Dill seeds are light and their wide, flat shape causes them to catch the breeze easily, so winnow carefully, using only a light breeze or a fan on low, start cautiously and make adjustments to find the sweet spot.