Dill Companion Planting Guide
tips for growing dill in your garden
Dill Enhances.
Dill, when planted nearby will help asparagus, Brassicas (broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kholrabi), chervil, corn, cucumber, lettuce and onion.
Dill is helped by.
Planting beans near dill will be beneficial to the growth of your dill plants.
Bad Companions for Dill.
Never plant angelica, cabbage, caraway, carrots, chili and bell peppers, eggplant, fennel and potatoes.
Dill, Carrots & Cross Fertilization.
When dill is allowed to flower, it should not be planted near carrots. Dill is one of the few plants that can be succesfully grown with fennel but they can cross fertilize each other.
Dill & Cauliflower
Our sources were contradictory about planting cauliflower with dill. It is probably not worth the risk to plant them together.
Dill & Tomatoes
The growth and health of tomatoes will improve from being planted near young dill. However, once the dill matures it will stunt the growth of your tomatoes and should be moved. Dill also attracts tomato horn worms which will make it easier for the pests to find your tomato plants.
Dill attracts.
Dill will attract honeybees, hoverflies, Ichneumonid wasps and other wasps to your garden.
Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars particularly enjoy dill.
Dill repels many harmful insects.
Dill repels aphids, cabbage looper, spider mites and squash bugs.