Best time to plant dill in Barcaldine
Anethum graveolens
Also called dill weed
Sow dill in Barcaldine in Jul to Aug.
Feathery leaves and aromatic seeds both flavour food, and this annual herb from the celery family grows from a carrot-like taproot on slender, hollow stems up to 1.5 m tall. Small yellow flower heads appear when conditions turn hot and dry. The foliage looks a lot like fennel.
When to sow in Barcaldine
Barcaldine, QLD is in the arid zone. Its months for dill apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Barcaldine
Frost usually arrives in Barcaldine around mid July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late June or as late as late August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 2mm
- Plant spacing
- 50cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 90cm
- Germination
- 7-21 days at 18-22°C
- Time to harvest
- 60 days (seed: 100 days)
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.