Dill Mammoth: variety description, photos, reviews

Dill Mammoth was included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2002. Its originator is the "Association Biotechnics" of St. Petersburg. The culture of the variety is recommended for cultivation on personal plots in all regions of Russia.

Description of dill Mammoth

The rosette of leaves in the Mammoth variety is half-raised. It belongs to the mid-season, the ripening period for greens is 42 days, and for spices - twice as long.

The leaves are large, grayish-green, covered with a waxy bloom, medium-dissected. During flowering, the height of the stem reaches 1.5 m. The bush is compact.

Essential oil gives a special aroma to the Mammoth variety. The plant is used in folk medicine to treat diseases of the digestive system, to increase appetite, and normalize metabolism.

Yield

The dill variety Mammoth, according to the description of the originator, has a good yield, a pleasant, strong aroma. One plant, when harvested for greens, weighs about 8 g, for spices - up to 24 g. The yield of the Mammoth variety when collecting leaves for greens is 1.7 kg / sq. m, when harvesting with spices - 3 kg / sq. m.

Sustainability

Plantings of the Mammoth variety are resistant to unfavorable climatic conditions, fungal and viral diseases, and are rarely affected by pests. For the prevention of diseases, it is necessary to carry out pre-sowing soil cultivation and dressing the seeds.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of dill Mammoth, judging by the photos and reviews of gardeners, include good yield, high quality of greenery. The plant endures unfavorable weather conditions, quickly grows green mass, is rarely affected by diseases and pests. The variety has no disadvantages.

Landing rules

For those who grow dill in the country, it is best to sow seeds in late autumn. To harvest an early harvest, you can sow Mammoth seeds in seedling boxes in April. When it gets warmer, transplant the bushes into open ground and collect young dill from the garden at the end of May.

Recommendations for choosing a place and sowing seeds:

  1. The culture of the Mammoth variety will not grow on heavy, dense soil, in a low place. The soil should be loose and fertile, the place should be well lit.
  2. In order for the plants to develop well, the garden bed is filled with humus and complex fertilizer before sowing. Superphosphate or nitrophosphate can be added to the furrows along with the seeds.
  3. Under favorable conditions, seedlings appear on the 8-9th day.
  4. The seedlings are thinned out, leaving a distance of at least 5 cm between them.
Advice! It takes about 6 weeks from seed germination to harvesting the dill. To harvest in August and September, you need to do the second sowing in the first decade of July.

Growing dill Mammoth

Dill care is very simple - the plant needs weeding and thinning, watering and loosening the soil. No treatments for insect pests and diseases are carried out.

After watering and rain, the next day, the soil in the garden bed must be loosened. If rainfall occurs frequently, watering is unnecessary. For better growth, dill is sprayed on the sheet with "Epin" and "Zircon", as well as solutions of micronutrient fertilizers.

Attention! You cannot feed the plants with nitrogen fertilizers or mullein. A lot of nitrates accumulate in the leaves, they become dangerous to health.

Diseases and pests

Root aphids sometimes settle on dill. This insect enters a garden with infected seeds. As a prophylaxis, etching in a solution of potassium permanganate for 15 minutes will serve.

Fusarium wilting is also characteristic of dill.Most often, it develops during unfavorable weather - a sharp temperature drop, high humidity, cold snap.

Important! To prevent fungal infections, "Trichodermin" is applied to the garden before sowing seeds.

Conclusion

Dill Mammoth compares favorably with high yield, pleasant aroma and taste. It is grown on personal plots in all regions of Russia. The plant does not need special care.

Reviews about dill Mammoth

Svetlana Matusheva, 34 years old, Samara
I plant greens in the country every year. I especially love dill Mammoth. Its leaves are fragrant, juicy, perfectly complement spring and summer salads. I like the variety because it blooms for a long time. To be with greens all summer, I sow dill seeds in the garden several times at intervals of a month. I collect a large harvest of dill, dry it for the winter or close it with salt in jars. This seasoning is better than purchased for winter borscht and pickle.
Kirill Sytnikov, 48 years old, Kaluga
Dill Mammoth lives up to its name. Bushes are powerful, strong, with juicy bluish-green leaves. I grow this dill through seedlings and collect the first greens at the end of May. I leave several of my bushes annually for seeds, if I had not signed the packages, I probably forgot the name of the variety. I recommend to all summer residents, a good hardy dill Mammoth. You will always be with the harvest of greenery.
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