Best time to plant dill in Darwin
Anethum graveolens
Also called dill weed
Sow dill in Darwin in Apr to Sep.
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 Darwin
Darwin, NT is in the tropical 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 Darwin
Darwin frosts in fewer than 1 year in 10, so frost doesn't hold back any planting here.
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.