🌿 Dill
A feathery herb — take the leaves before it bolts, and after it flowers let it run to seed.
🌱 This one is in the reference and the planting calendar, but you cannot sow it in the game yet.
Dill at a glance
Is Dill frost tolerant?
Yes, through light frosts. Damage starts at -3°C and it is killed below -7°C.
What temperature does Dill grow best in?
It grows best between 9 and 26°C. Below 5°C it stops growing altogether, and above 28°C it slows down.
How many days does Dill take to mature?
About 40–60 days. That is a typical figure: it needs roughly 550 °C·d of warmth above 5°C, so a warm season gets it there sooner and a cool one later. The city calendars below give the sow and harvest dates for each place.
Is Dill a cool-season or warm-season crop?
A cool-season crop. It does best in the mild weather of spring and autumn, and slows down in summer heat above 28°C.
What the numbers mean
These are the actual parameters this game runs on. Growth is driven by growing degree days: each day contributes max(0, min(mean temp, 30) − 5), and Dill is ready when that total reaches 550. That is why the same seed takes a very different number of days in Dublin and in Guangzhou.
| Base temperature | 5°CBelow this, the plant accumulates no growing degree days at all. |
|---|---|
| Degree days to maturity | 550 °C·dThe heat budget it must accumulate before it is ready to pick. |
| Comfortable range | 9–26°CWhere it grows without stress. |
| Frost damage below | -3°CLeaves start taking frost damage below this low. |
| Killed below | -7°CBelow this it does not come back. |
| Heat stress above | 28°CAbove this the plant slows down and stops setting fruit well. |
| Typical time to harvest | 40–60 days |
| Yield per bed | 5 bunches |
Things worth knowing
- Dill leaf and dill seed are two different flavours with different uses; pickling usually calls for the seed or a whole flower head.
- Its taproot is brittle and resents transplanting, so it is always recommended to sow it where it will grow.
Where and when to sow Dill
Pick your city to see the months when Dill scores well against that city's real climate records: