Safe to Plant

Dill · Hyesan, Yanggang-do, North Korea

When to plant dill in Hyesan

Main outdoor window

15-25 May

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

15 May

In Hyesan, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

24 Jun - 14 Jul

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Step by step in Hyesan

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.

Sow direct

15-25 May

Around your last frost.

Harvest

24 Jun - 14 Jul

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 21 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.
Frost tolerance
Half-hardy
Damaged below
-4°C (24.8°F)
Days to maturity
40–60
Min soil temp
10°C (50°F)
Spacing
20 cm
Sowing depth
6 mm (0.2 in)
Sun
Full

Dill through the year

Against the frost risk in Hyesan

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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 Hyesan.

The median frost-free season here is 137 days, against 40 to 60 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Growing dill in Hyesan

When should I plant dill in Hyesan?

Aim for 15-25 May in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 27 May - 6 Jun - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will dill be ready to harvest in Hyesan?

Expect to start picking around 24 Jun - 14 Jul, based on 40 to 60 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will dill tolerate?

Seedlings handle a light frost. Self-seeds freely and often returns without being asked.