How to cut dill correctly, will it grow back?

Not everyone knows how best to do when growing greens - cut the dill and wait for the branches to grow back, or pull it out by the roots. You can do this and that. Each gardener makes a choice based on their needs and characteristics of the dill variety.

When is it better to pluck and when is it better to cut?

Dill varieties differ among themselves in the shape of the rosette, the height of the bush, the timing of stem formation and flowering.

Early ripe greens are ready for cutting in 35 days after germination. These are varieties such as:

• "Gribovsky";
• "Further";
• "Aurora".

The listed varieties give early peduncles and are suitable for obtaining fresh greenery in a short time. In the future, the "umbrellas" of these plants can be used for conservation, but you can't get lush greenery from them.

You can cut off young branches from them and leave the bush in the event that you still need umbrella inflorescences that will be used for harvesting for the winter. Otherwise, it is better to uproot the plant and sow again. Dill can be sown 3 times per season in the climate of the middle lane. This culture is unpretentious and grows well even in autumn.

There are also varieties with late peduncle formation and abundant foliage growth, for example:

• "Abundant";
• "Bushy";
• "Gourmet";
• "Kibray".

Having sown this dill in the spring, you can cut greens from it for a long time and in large quantities. Its leaves do not lose their urgent tenderness and aroma. The excess can be dried for the winter. You can cut such dill several times, so there is no point in pulling it out after cutting it for the first time.

Late varieties are also left in the garden for a long time:

• "Alligator";
• "Buyan";
• "Salute".

Umbrellas appear on them only towards the end of summer. The 20 bushes planted on the site are more than enough to provide the family with fresh greenery in the summer months. If summers are cold, plants may not set seeds at all.

How to cut correctly?

After sowing in the ground, dill usually grows too densely, and at first young bushes are taken on the greens, thinning.

You need to cut greens from the left bushes correctly.

1. First of all, the lower tier of branches is cut off - the bush will still grow.
2. After that, pluck out the lateral axillary shoots. You need to cut the dill as needed, for example, for serving or preparing a salad.
3. After the top of the bush grows back, it is also used for cutting.

It is important to know that bush varieties exhibit inherent characteristics only with a sufficient feeding area, therefore, after thinning, the distance between plants should be at least 20 cm with a row spacing of 25-30 cm. With this planting scheme, fresh leaves from each plant can be cut for 40– 45 days.

So, having chosen the right variety of dill and planting it in suitable conditions, you can cut branches from one plant within 1.5 months. They pull out a bush with roots only when planting early varieties. In this case, it is recommended to sow the seeds not at the same time, but with a difference of 1-2 weeks.