Dill · León de los Aldama, Guanajuato, Mexico
When to plant dill in León de los Aldama
Main outdoor window
17-27 Jan
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
17 January
In León de los Aldama, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
26 Feb - 18 Mar
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 León de los Aldama
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
17-27 Jan
Around your last frost.
Harvest
26 Feb - 18 Mar
Dill through the year
Against the frost risk in León de los Aldama
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 León de los Aldama.
The median frost-free season here is 329 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.
Growing dill in León de los Aldama
When should I plant dill in León de los Aldama?
Aim for 17-27 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 18-28 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will dill be ready to harvest in León de los Aldama?
Expect to start picking around 26 Feb - 18 Mar, 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.