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About 3/4 teaspoon of dill seed equals and average head of dill
When using dill, you will find that both the feathery leaves and the flower heads can be used. Most often the flower heads are allowed to mature and harvested as dill seed. I usually get about a tablespoon of dried dill seed per plant (plants often have more than one seed head). I also dry the leaves, and because they are so fine I don't get much dried dill (1 -3 tablespoons per plant) from each plant.
Typically, about 4-5 sprigs of dill are equivalent to one head of dill. However, this can vary based on the size of the sprigs and the specific recipe you're following.
One head of fresh dill typically weighs around 1 ounce, which is equivalent to about 3 tablespoons of chopped fresh dill. When dried, herbs lose much of their volume, so you would need to use approximately 1 tablespoon of dried dill weed to substitute for 3 tablespoons of fresh dill. Keep in mind that dried herbs have a more concentrated flavor, so adjust the amount to taste.
Use one full head of fresh dill (it looks a bit like a starburst) per quart jar.
What is the dry equivalent to a head of dill?
You Take the seeds out :)
In the US, when dill is grown as a farm crop, they are usually harvested with a combine harvester. The cylinder speed and fan speed must both be turned way down, due to the lightness and fragility of the seed. To hand harvest some dill seed from your garden dill plants, you can just wait until the seed gets dry enough to be pulled off the seed head relatively easily and just "rake" the seed head through your fingers, palm up to catch the seed. Have a bag or other container handy to put the seed in, and you can have a lot of seed gathered up in just a few minutes.
A seed head is the pod on the end of a stem containing seeds.
Not exactly. You should remove the seeds from the head and plant the seeds separately. Planting the entire head would be a waste and would crowd out the seeds.
YES! you can either dry them out, or you can separate them seperately from the stem. some won't be fertile, but that ok, because the head of a dill seed usually has anywhere from 30 to 60 seeds. Just store them all, then plant them all and see what you get! not everything is perfect! Also, make sure that they are able to be planted! because some plants are genetically engineered to seed for one generation, and then reate infertile seeds the next generation! Again, just plant it and see what happens!
Yellow flowers do have seeds. The marigold is an example of a yellow flower that has seeds. If you save the flower head at the end of blooming, you will have seeds for next year.