Did you transplant them? Sometimes they take a while to bounce back.

Does the soil have good drainage? Cilantro doesn't like heat and does like cool damp soil. Is it shaded?

Have you checked to see what color your dill variety is in photographs, so you know what you are aiming for?
If it is a darker green in the healthy state, then I would try a low-nitrogen fertilizer, like fish emulsion, or a weak solution of a higher N product.

Maybe someone else has some better ideas, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Jan

Thanks. I don't know what 'type' of dill I have...I just bought it at a farmer's market and it was just labelled as 'dill', but all dill I've ever seen was green...not yellow green. Are you saying that some dills can be yellow green?

And do you know anything about how to prune dill? I see no obvious pairs of leaves as I do with thyme, basil etc., where I usually cut just above a pair of leaves. Not sure where to cut dill in order to promote more bushy growth...

Tx!

The small, newly germinated dill and cilantro have very delicate root system that can fall over easily. But , it they get good growing condition (sun, good soil..) will become strong.

There are two basic types of dills : 1) mammoth and 2) fern leaf. But their seedling are almost the same.

Dill can be a bit touchy to establish, but once established it is pretty much foolproof. Needs a lot of water, however, until it develops it's tap root. Dill self-sows readily, so expect it to pop up in different places.

Cilantro is another herb that can become weedy. We sowed some seed in a deck planter a while ago to provide a small supply for cooking. It is still growing there many years later without any special attention from us. But it also pops up here-and-there all over the garden. ..

Thanks guys. Helpful to know that they both do tend to have delicate root systems at first....