Dill · The Bronx, New York, United States
When to plant dill in The Bronx
Main outdoor window
15-25 Apr
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
15 April
In The Bronx, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
25 May - 14 Jun
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 The Bronx
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 Apr
Around your last frost.
Harvest
25 May - 14 Jun
Dill through the year
Against the frost risk in The Bronx
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 The Bronx.
The median frost-free season here is 203 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 The Bronx
When should I plant dill in The Bronx?
Aim for 15-25 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 24 Apr - 4 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will dill be ready to harvest in The Bronx?
Expect to start picking around 25 May - 14 Jun, 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.