Posted: 7/5/2011 8:29:10 AM EDT
| So every year the dill grows to be 5ft tall, develops heads that flower and by the time I actually have cucumbers to pickle I have no dill heads, what to do??? |
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So every year the dill grows to be 5ft tall, develops heads that flower and by the time I actually have cucumbers to pickle I have no dill heads, what to do??? I have the same problem. The lady at the little garden center where I bought my plants said to dry it for later use. 
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actually, I was told by my mother-in-law to pop the heads off and keep popping the heads off til later in the season. She said it'll keep growing and developing heads......we'll see This is what I do with all my herbs. Keep them pruned, and dry what you clip off. You can use dried dill in pickles if you have to, but selectively pruning all season will allow you to store some away dried for other recipes, and leave you fresh heads for pickling. |
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So every year the dill grows to be 5ft tall, develops heads that flower and by the time I actually have cucumbers to pickle I have no dill heads, what to do??? Freeze it as it gets ready...pop ALL the flowers off as they come out, When the plant flowers its called Bolting. After it dose this it stops trying to grow because its done what mother nature ment it to do. Just pop them off untill you are done with the plant and then around late july let it go to seed. |