Germinated in late May; transplanted in early June. This is only about a third of what I germinated. While they were still in their other container more than half of them were turning yellow, so I moved them from the garden to the porch to figure out what the problem was. After doing some reading, I found out that they need to have a more acidic soil and the soil was neutral. Since I haven't had much luck with reducing the pH of any soil, my plan was to pull out the Dill and reuse the soil (and container) for more Garden Beans. But since they sat on the porch for so long, the shaded portion started doing better. So I decided to transplant the healthy Dill to this container and pull out the dying section to compost. Now the Dill is being moved to and from the porch so that it doesn't get as much sun as it was. It seems to be okay for now.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Fernleaf Dill...
Germinated in late May; transplanted in early June. This is only about a third of what I germinated. While they were still in their other container more than half of them were turning yellow, so I moved them from the garden to the porch to figure out what the problem was. After doing some reading, I found out that they need to have a more acidic soil and the soil was neutral. Since I haven't had much luck with reducing the pH of any soil, my plan was to pull out the Dill and reuse the soil (and container) for more Garden Beans. But since they sat on the porch for so long, the shaded portion started doing better. So I decided to transplant the healthy Dill to this container and pull out the dying section to compost. Now the Dill is being moved to and from the porch so that it doesn't get as much sun as it was. It seems to be okay for now.
