{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "dill",
  "common_name": "Dill",
  "botanical_name": "Anethum graveolens",
  "family": "Apiaceae",
  "summary": "Dill is a fast annual culinary herb grown for feathery leaves, edible yellow flowers and aromatic seed, with repeated direct sowings extending the leafy harvest.",
  "categories": [
    "culinary herb",
    "leaf crop",
    "container crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "upright",
    "branching"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Annual",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 6,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 8
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 5.5,
      "maximum": 6.5
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 10,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 30,
      "plants_per_container": 3
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 20,
      "maximum_cm": 30
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 10,
      "frost_tolerant": false,
      "label": "Direct sow",
      "note": "Sow into its final position from mid-spring once the soil has warmed; protect young seedlings from frost"
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "June",
        "October"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-dill",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/herbs/dill/grow-your-own?type=h",
      "supports": [
        "cultivars",
        "sowing",
        "spacing",
        "containers",
        "watering",
        "flowering",
        "harvest",
        "problems"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umn-growing-dill",
      "publisher": "University of Minnesota Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden/growing-dill",
      "supports": [
        "lifecycle",
        "light",
        "soil",
        "fertility",
        "direct_sowing",
        "spacing",
        "harvest",
        "storage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "usu-dill-garden",
      "publisher": "Utah State University Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/research/dill-in-the-garden",
      "supports": [
        "soil_ph",
        "succession",
        "watering",
        "problems",
        "harvest",
        "storage"
      ]
    }
  ]
}