Dill · Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
When to plant dill in Cairo
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Cairo, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Cairo
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Dill through the year
Against the frost risk in Cairo
Why these dates
Sow at the last frost date and again every three weeks. Each plant is short-lived, so succession is the only way to keep leaf coming.
Seedlings handle a light frost. Self-seeds freely and often returns without being asked.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Dill are timed for direct sowing 0 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Cairo.
Growing dill in Cairo
How much frost will dill tolerate?
Seedlings handle a light frost. Self-seeds freely and often returns without being asked.