Dill wilting suddenly

17 years ago

My Dill has suddenly begun to wilt...one day it is great, the next the whole plant has wilted and is dead. I do not have Black Swallowtail cats on any of the plants which is unusual; that is why I plant it.

Is there a 'wilt' disease that hits dill? Is it soil borne?

Peggy

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digdirt2
17 years ago
Mine is doing it from all the rain lately. 8" in 2 weeks - leads to root rot. Dug up a few clumps and transplanted them to pots in drier location. I'll just have to re-plant once the rains end.

Possible for you too?

Dave
west_texas_peg
Original Author
17 years ago
Dave,
Nope, not my case...the only moisture my garden gets is from the end of the hose I drag around. I was out til 9pm last night watering (we are going out of town this weekend, so I'm trying to make sure everything has a good long drink before we leave).

I pulled the plants out and the roots look fine...took all my might to pull some out that had some really good roots!

Peggy
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tn_veggie_gardner
17 years ago
Dill is insanely specific with it's watering & sun exposure. My Mammoth Dill last year had a branch die off every week or so until I figured this out. Then, it was green as can be until I harvested it all. =) You must figure out a good medium for both watering & sunlight for your dill or this will continue.
west_texas_peg
Original Author
17 years ago
This is the 4th year I have grown Dill for the butterflies/cats....it is planted same location and receives the same watering as in years past. I have never had it to just suddenly die like this.

Peggy
tn_veggie_gardner
17 years ago
Texas can get hot...picture would help though.
west_texas_peg
Original Author
17 years ago
Yep, we have already hit the 100's this month. Been gardening here for over 44 years and the heat and drought conditions are always a concern. 2007 was a great year since we had our annual rainfall in one month that summer then that August it stopped and we have had very little since. Growing anything here can be a challenge but one that I love. I will check on Pest/Disease forum to see if anyone knows if there might be a soil borne wilt-type disease that I can treat organically.

Peggy
cjra
17 years ago
That happened to my dill recently (I'm in Texas also). I discovered it was some bug infestation - tiny white things crawling all over. Impossible to see at first until they totally killed the plant. They then moved on to my cilantro. Fortunately nothing else seems to be affected yet.
west_texas_peg
Original Author
17 years ago
My dill is direct sown in the beds. I have not seen any bugs on the dill...been very disappointed that I have no cats yet. The Black Swallowtail were here very early...long before our last freeze...before the dill was up...they were looking for plants to nectar at but not much of anything was blooming at that time but they must have moved on...usually I have lots of visitors.

Peggy