I agree about Dill be sensitive to hot heat and bolts easily, but it IS good at coming back! My biggest struggle is aphids LOVE it, to the point that I can't keep them off even spraying them off three times a day. I DID get the shorter kind and grew it in a pot on the deck and it was a bit easier than out in the dirt, plus I could get to it each day to squish the aphids up. If it keeps bolting and it's the leaves you want, let them bolt and go to seed, they'll grow back when the weather's better for them! I get my best in early Fall on since in Spring (I'm by a greenbelt and if I don't kill the weeds going up a hill to my house prior to planting, they'll go straight to my plants!) since there's less to fight.
Chamomile. Dill, and Stevia (add Lemon balm and mint in there too!) are the WORST at keeping aphids away from for long! The first three are like catnip to a cat, it's crazy! And with mints, supposedly the strong smell keeps bugs away?? Not that I've noticed, sheesh!
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