🌿 Dill Anethum graveolens
🌿 Herb 🧬 Carrot family (Umbellifers)
Companion plants for Dill (Herb): good neighbours to grow together, plants it dislikes, and sowing tips. EkoHarita — Dünya varmış!
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Good Companions — Plant Together
Bad Neighbours — Keep Them Apart
Conflicting Neighbours
Growing & Sowing Tips
📅 SowingSow directly into the soil 2 weeks after the last frost; as it has a sensitive root system it isn't transplanted, but grown in place and thinned.
🌱 Depth0.5-1 cm
📏 Spacing15-25 cm
🌞 SunFull sun
💧 WateringRegular, moderate watering; soil should stay moist but never waterlogged
🧺 HarvestLeaves are picked before flowering; seeds are harvested once they turn yellow-brown
🪴 SoilModerately nutrient-rich, well-draining, slightly acidic to neutral soil
⭐ DifficultyEasy
🗓️ SeasonSpring
📅 Calendar is for the Northern Hemisphere; in the Southern Hemisphere shift sowing times by ~6 months.
💡 Key tip: Dill bolts to flower quickly; make successive sowings to extend the fresh-leaf season. Since it is in the same parsley family (Apiaceae) as fennel, carrot and caraway, it can cross-pollinate; keep it away from these to protect seed/flavour quality. If you let it flower, it attracts beneficial insects such as ladybirds, hoverflies and parasitoid wasps; for this reason letting some dill flower at the edge of brassica and tomato beds provides natural pest control.
🤝 Companion logic: It pairs well with brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi), cucumber, corn, lettuce, onion and asparagus; it repels the cabbageworm/moth and draws the parasitoid wasps (Cotesia) that prey on them. Because it is in the same parsley family (Apiaceae) as fennel, carrot and caraway, it carries a risk of cross-pollination and bitter hybrid/off-flavour; keep it away from pepper, eggplant and potato too. Its relationship with tomato is conditional: young/immature dill repels the hornworm and benefits tomatoes, but once it bolts and matures it suppresses tomato growth through nutrient competition and shading; prune or move it before it flowers. (Note: dill is not a legume and does not fix nitrogen.)
🔬 Scientific References
- Royal Horticultural Society (t.y.) Anethum graveolens (dill). Erişim adresi: https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/43298/anethum-graveolens/details (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Missouri Botanical Garden (t.y.) Anethum graveolens - Plant Finder. Erişim adresi: https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d682 (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- MacKenzie, J. ve Kooyman, S.M. (2026) Growing dill in home gardens. University of Minnesota Extension. Erişim adresi: https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-dill (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Mahr, S. (t.y.) Dill, Anethum graveolens. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Horticulture (Division of Extension). Erişim adresi: https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/dill-anethum-graveolens/ (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- North Carolina State University Extension (t.y.) Anethum graveolens. North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Erişim adresi: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/anethum-graveolens/ (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Kapadia, S. (2026) Herb Garden Plants: Dill. Penn State Extension. Erişim adresi: https://extension.psu.edu/herb-garden-plants-dill (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- West Coast Seeds (t.y.) Companion Planting. Erişim adresi: https://www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/wcs-academy/companion-planting (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- The Old Farmer's Almanac (t.y.) Dill: Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Dill Weed in the Garden. Erişim adresi: https://www.almanac.com/plant/dill (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).
- Milenković, L., Ilić, Z.S., Stanojević, L., Milenković, A., Šunić, L., Lalević, D., Stanojević, J., Cvetković, D. ve Mašković, P. (2024) 'Chemical Composition and Bioactivity of Dill Seed (Anethum graveolens L.) Essential Oil from Plants Grown under Shading', Plants, 13(6), 886. doi:10.3390/plants13060886.
- Yaldız, G. ve Çamlıca, M. (2020) 'Ahır Gübresi ve Azotlu Gübre Uygulamalarının Dereotu (Anethum graveolens L.) Verimi Üzerine Etkisi', Bahçe, 49(Özel Sayı 1), s. 41–45.
- Goodarzi, M.T., Khodadadi, I., Tavilani, H. ve Abbasi Oshaghi, E. (2016) 'The Role of Anethum graveolens L. (Dill) in the Management of Diabetes', Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2016, 1098916. doi:10.1155/2016/1098916.
- Goldman, T. (t.y.) Dereotu (Anethum graveolens) — UIC Heritage Garden. University of Illinois Chicago. Erişim adresi: http://heritagegarden.uic.edu/dill (Erişim: 12 Haziran 2026).