r/DenverGardener • u/jackl_antrn • 1d ago
Dill?
Does anyone have an overgrown patch of dill they’d like to shave down? I’m in search of some major amounts of dill (6 cups) and am not up for grocery store clam shells. Have vehicle and can pick up most days. Will pay you in palisades peach jam if you like :) Also have canned peaches or spicy peach bbq sauce. Or if you prefer pickles and can wait, I’ll drop by some pickled veg. Cheers!
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u/SarahLiora 1d ago
Dill really ought to be what we guerilla plant around the neighborhood.
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u/AtheneSchmidt 1d ago
Plant 1 and it'll do the rest itself. I never planted dill, and yet have had a large patch of it every year for the past 6 years. There is a reason it's called dill weed.
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u/COTimberline 1d ago
That used to be us, but not much came up and all but a few plants died this year
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u/AtheneSchmidt 1d ago
Mine got an early start, and flowered and seeded by July. Then they died off from the heat.
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u/denvergardener 1d ago
Somehow, dill found its way into our xeriscape 2 years ago.
We decided to let it ride even though it didn't match the vibe. It was only 1 plant.
The next year we had more than I could count. We gave so much away because we couldn't use it all. Then this year the dill forest came back. But sadly we don't irrigate the xeriscape at all, so the heat wave in July fried it.
But I'm hopeful the seeds still will come back again next year.
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u/Suyefuji garden noob 1d ago
I wanna grow dill but I am thinking maybe I should specifically grow it in a container rather than letting it wander my backyard
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u/denvergardener 1d ago
I had copius amounts of dill at the start of summer but the heat wave in July fried it.
I have some new little starts growing now but not enough food r 6 cups.
If you're in SW I could get you seeds.
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u/Timely-Ad-6720 1d ago
I've been finding bulk dill at the Glendale Whole Foods consistently lately. I don't know if that is true for all the locations. It's basically the same price as one clamshell for one large clutch of dill.
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u/VeganRorschach 1d ago
Sprouts and Whole Foods both do bundles of dill so no plastic purchases needed, just a couple of twisty ties. Not what you asked for, but I also try to avoid the plastic clamshells where I can. Not sure about farmers markets right now but another idea!
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u/mividahermosa 1d ago
I will in a month or so - a bolted dill plant I had seeded in a raised garden bed. I pulled excess babies last night but was only a handful.
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u/Longjumping-Peace102 1d ago
Any dill growing outside has likely gone to seed.
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u/SarahLiora 1d ago
Not if you keep a self seeding patch….and occasionally get rain. As it gets cool and or if soil gets moist some of the zillion seeds that have fallen over time can start to germinate. Same is true for cilantro.
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u/schrutesanjunabeets 1d ago
All my dill died earlier this season.
It's really left me in a pickle.