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Dill (Shabat)
شبت
Easy winter herb for machboos and fish — sow direct, cut young.
💧 Summer water
Daily
💧 Winter water
Every 2 days
☀️ Sunlight
Full sun
🔥 Heat
Winter only
🌱 Difficulty
Easy
⏱️ To harvest
40–55 days
🪴 Containers
Yes, grows in pots
📅 Best sowing
Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan
Planting calendar (UAE)
Jan
Feb
Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
💧 Watering
Moist but never waterlogged; feathery leaves wilt dramatically then recover.
☀️ Sunlight
Full winter sun.
🪨 Soil & setup
Deep pot, light mix, sow direct — another taproot herb that hates moving.
🧺 Harvest
Cut feathery leaves from day 40; harvest the whole plant before it flowers.
🧓 Grandmother's notes
- ◆Sow thickly and thin by eating the seedlings.
- ◆Bolts fast from March — plant early.