I do a lot of seeding this way- cilantro included. I also found that it can help extend out how long it will stay alive if you can plant it in a somewhat shady spot. Ideally, under the shadow of deciduous trees that will let the sun through early in the season (before they leaf out) and allow the cilantro to soak it up while the weather is cool....but as temps start to get warmer, the leaves slowly fill in providing more shade and keeping the cilantro cooler underneath. Then, just let it go to seed, and once it cools down again as long as they have moisture, they pop right back up in time for fall. I just did this last year myself after several years of craptastic results, and it worked great
@@picholoupyep! Would make a good part of a fruit tree guild I'd think. If the tree was larger, I personally would put it on the southern side, since technically it does want the sun, but with an elderberry that makes sense to me. My elderberries don't so much create a shaded area, as a shadow, lol.
Additionally what you can do if you are in a hot climate with temps in the 90s and 100s, or in zones 8, 9 and above, besides growing in part shade, use shade cloth over it. Try to plant it where it will just get morning sun. This way you can prevent it from bolting a LOT longer. I did this (I'm in zone 8B) and planted it in grow bags . I put them on the bottom shelf of a potting bench where they only got morning sun and had shade cloth over the potting bench and they lasted into the fall as long as I picked the flowers off in mid and late summer.
For this reason, I only grow cilantro indoors in my aerogarden! That's the only way I can keep a supply of fresh cilantro here in hot Louisiana! Great information...thanks! :)
I am in Louisiana also and was going to ask if it can be grown indoors. I do not have an aerogarden but I do have a place inside that I could let it get a small amount of filtered sunlight. I wonder if it would work?
Just moved to the south east from the southwest. Just starting all my plants in our sun room, yes it has air conditioning. I had never attempted cilantro and your idea is assuring for me, thank you.
I've never had trouble keeping cilantro alive in my garden. But I've stopped growing it for two reasons. 1. As soon as the plant is mature enough to harvest just a tiny amount, it immediately bolts and turns extremely bitter. 2. The one small harvest I get before bolting tastes no better than what is readily available at any grocery store. I live in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. My region is zone 6B. I'm 60 years old and have gardened all my life, beginning at about age 8. Dad and Mom taught us all how to garden and how to put vegetables by for Winter. I love fresh herbs and have been growing them for 20 years. But there are only a few I grow currently. I have some very nice perennial oregano, chive, and garlic chive, which is also called Chinese leeks. Both chive patches appear in late Winter and are delicious year round with minimal maintenance. The oregano, which may well be marjoram, came up wild from natural seeding by birds on a side of the garden where I've never planted herbs. It requires zero maintenance and still tastes good even after blooming. The only annual herbs I currently plant are thyme and lemon grass. Neither of these ever turn bitter and both require zero maintenance. I've given up on growing others. Basil, which I love, is impossible to stop from bolting and is only good for compost once it does. I can get it fresh at the grocery. Parsley is the same. Dill, which I also love, bitters with maturity. And, again, is readily available. Rosemary grows much faster than I can use it and turns woody and bitter. Sage grows quickly too, but doesn't get too woody. And often survives Winter. But it grows bitter as the plant grows large. I don't eat tarragon often enough to grow it. Every type of mint I've ever grown is much too invasive. Nowadays, I only grow vegetables that I believe taste much better when homegrown. Among them are, of course, tomatoes as well as half runner green beans and yellow wax beans. I also grow curly mustard, collards, kale, and various other fresh greens. I grow carrots and onions as well. But I do reserve a fair amount of garden space for whatever my young grandchildren want to grow. They always want a small corn patch. This year, they asked to grow sugar baby watermelons again. My oldest grandaughter, age 7, wants to plant her own green bean patch. My grandson always wants cherry tomatoes, we call tommy toes. He's loved them since tasting them at age 2. He, like me, loves to pick and eat them standing at the vine. All my grandchildren love picking and eating blueberries and white grapes fresh from my plants and vines. Plus, this year I surprised them with strawberries. I love to foster their interests to give them the wonderful gift my parents and grandparents gave me.
I planted it for the first time last May. Didn't know it was a cool weather crop. It did grow really well about 4 ft tall, but bolted after a month or so. Pollinators liked it. I did get about a shoebox full of coriander from a single 25 cent seed packet from dollar tree. 😂.
Thank you for this. I have never had luck with Cilantro because of exactly what you said. I will now dare to plant those seeds when it's cool. Thank you!
thank you! I've been so disappointed trying to grow cilantro and you are right! Now it's Sep 2 and I'm out planting store bought seeds and will try to save seeds for next spring!
In Maine we plant it as soon as the ground can be worked, then again two weeks later, and again two weeks later, and again. Then there’s a gap, and we start planting in early September and do the next patch in two weeks and so on. We love cilantro and plant about 2x3’ bed every time.
Thank you!!! I was wondering why it didn't survive in the summer heat. I use cilantro in all my dishes - Pinto beans (Frijoles a la Charra), Mexican rice, Mexican style beef stew (Guisado), guacamole, so much more!
Once I planted cilantro seeds at some time in the spring or summer. Nothing really grew at all. But in the snowy winter I looked at my garden box and there was a huge bunch of cilantro growing, it was on the south side of the house where we got a lot of sun. I couldn’t believe it, it was good too! So I never plant cilantro in the spring or summer.
I was shocked when 20(ish) years ago, my sister took a rootbound plant and pulled off about a third of the roots before she planted it. She said that's what you do with rootbound plants 😮 I've done it ever since 😊
I'm in Kansas (6b). Planting my first ever vegetable garden. Directly sowed the Coriander seeds 3/14. Sprouted about 10 days later. But no growth other than the cotyledon leaves so far (4/6). Since I'm a novice, I really don't know what to expect, but I like surprises. Directly sown lettuce, beets, radishes, and carrots have also sprouted and seem to be growing well. Italian flat leaf parsley hasn't shown up yet. I like your video style. Thanks for the growing guide and this video! SUBSCRIBED
Hello Nashville neighbor. I’ve been here 30+ years. I know the climate keeps changing here but I thought I’d let you know that forever, April 8 was our average last frost date. Now they say the 15th. This year it will be the 8th. My hens told me. 😉 I’ve never seen an April frost past April 15 here. When I first moved here, we were Zone 6A. Now this year we are designated 7B?! Boy, things really are changing. Thanks for the cilantro tips. Happy Nashville Gardening!
It's bull, I'm in zone 8b originally in South Georgia, now they say it's 9a, that would essentially be Tallahassee to middle Florida and yet here I am staring at dead lime and banana trees in my back yard.
One trick for year round harvest is planting seed late summer in an in ground and weed free spot 4x4'. Fertilize heavy in October, one cup 13-13-13 or equivalent and again in May, plants should be 5' tall by mid June while fowering and will have a nice canopy with cool soil where seeds will sprout even in the heat. Stomp a spot down to get some sun in when you see new sprouts but not too much and you will always have some in various stages. Fertilizing at the proper times is key. Youll have to thin a bit with a hoe every fall and let the spot move itself over a foot or so every year, i just spade right next to it in August and let all the new seeds sprout to the side of it a bit.
We have a part of a raised bed that is now dedicated to cilantro. It just comes up when it's ready. We let it go to seed and it comes up again next year. A nice recipe using coriander is to grind the coriander and put some in a plain yogurt/cucumber salad.
I do a lot of ‘chaos gardening’ 😂 I have one patch of garden beside my brick wall outside and it’s where I scatter random seeds. I’ve had the best luck with many ‘volunteer’ extra seeds/plants, especially in the cooler weather with the warmth that radiates from the brick. Cilantro has been tough for me but that’s because, as you pointed out, I try to grow it year round and in the summer it’s impossible.
Trying something different this year. Started from seed inside the house. Will keep one in the house (with the AC on in summer) and have one outside in the shade. Providing that it thrives, I will bring the outside cilantro in the house after some growth (before it keels over). 🙂
I seeded and they’re growing great! Now I hope I can keep it growing! It’s May 7th and I started it in February. We’re in the panhandle of Florida. Basil is another hard one for me!
I love coriander And even if you call it cilantro i use it fresh and cooked Always keep a bundle in my fridge. This year i also grew them from SEED that i bought for pennies in the spice shop. Yes they germinated easily!! Thank you for this video Mm
How did they compare to ones you've grown from seed meant for growing leafy cilantro ? I'd be concerned, as supposedly it's selected for either seed or slower bolting, leaf production. That the ones sold as coriander seed would be among the worst for long-as-possible production of cilantro leaves.
Hahaha we call cilantro ‘coriander’ in Australia and the seed is coriander seed. Thanks for the timing tip, I’ll put some in now as we head into late Autumn here ❤
That was super helpful. This year I planted the plants because I'm looking for flowers from that and parsley to help attract predatory bugs to my tomatoes. But now I think I may be able to cycle the plants if they aren't coming back naturally.
Here in Canada, market gardeners will sow seeds again and again, and harvest cilantro continuously. Forget small seed packets, buy bulk cilantro seeds in the spice aisle. To avoid bolting, you should grow cilantro in the shade, and ensure that the soil stays moist. It is otherwise an easy plant to grow and if you harvest the seeds, you will never have to buy seeds again. To sow, I just press the seeds on top of the moist soil with a finger, just deep enough that they will not move.
Good idea except cilantro is often selected specifically for leaf production and being slow to bolt, whereas coriander ( the seed) when grown for seed ( which seeds you find sold as a spice likely would be), it isn't then. So, I'd buy in bulk, sure, but from a seed provider and choose the slowest bolting types, at least for late spring and summer growing (for those of us who even can/should bother growing it in summer).
@@elmerkilred159 No but I use to live in zone 5 in michigan . It grew good there in spring. So it grows anywhere when its cooler . I get the zones and timing. 👍 70’s here right now here. So for us, its cooler. I have a sweatshirt on 🤣🤣
Funny, just bought cilantro at Lowe's yesterday. Here in Yuma, AZ it sounds like a fools errand to even try except in the "winter" to grow it. Yesterday I also pruned back my tomato plants that survived without any frost damage all winter if that gives any indication the temps we have here.
Yeah, I bet ! I have relatives in the Phoenix area, one of whom gardens a lot and has chickens. Anyway, here in NW WI we still can't grow it well in the summer, either. I mean, in a part-shade esp. north-facing spot I think it can do pretty well barring a major heat wave, but it will bolt pretty quickly otherwise, even in later spring. MIGardener channel, Luke, has said he only grows it in fall now ( I think twas fall.. ). He's in SE MI, a zone or 2 warmer than I.
So can i plqnt my seeds and place them in the fridge? I live in a very hot tropical climate that goes up daily to 35°c but feels like 40. Or plant them in my AC bedroom which is colder abour 20!°c qt night???
It’s Autumn (Fall) here in Australia and my cordiander ( cilantro) is growing beautifully and very green in colour. And so is my parsley 🌿 So now I know when is the best time. I’m still a novice in regards to my gardening skills. Thanks for this small but helpful tips and tricks.
Love cilantro! Just let it do its thing. Zone 7b have it reseeding itself over Autumn and winter..lots of coming back currently. I let it grow in shaded areas under peppers, tomatoes., just about anywhere it can be in some shade when summer heat comes...slows bolting. Aslo excellent as companion planting for pest..
Well now… that was extremely helpful information! And no wonder we’re confused… when we can buy Cilantro in the grocery store most times of the year. 😳 When I think of Cilantro… I think of Summer 🌞 time. It’s the ‘wrong’ time you’re saying! I’m in Canada 🇨🇦 so I should plant the seeds outside now - I think. 🤔❄️
I’m in Colorado, the central front range area, I had a coriander plant last an entire year (in a greenhouse), I tried replicating my process..no luck though. Thankfully the seeds are prolific 😅 I plant some seeds in July so I have it when the tomatoes are ready.
Cilantro outside is frustrating unless you live along a coastal area that moderates the temperature. It will be too cold here to really get it growing vigorously and then we will switch over to too hot and it will bolt as a tiny little plant that you haven't even picked anything off of yet. BTW a cilantro plant that gets good sized and healthy and then goes to seed is absolutely beautiful. They get maybe 3-4 feet tall and have very dainty pink and white flowers - at least the variety that I have does. Mine usually go to seed too quickly to attain a good size but I sure enjoy when it does. There are pollinators on it that I don't ever see other than on my cilantro
In Jackson Tn my cilantro is coming on . I let it fight it out with my basil . This part of my herb garden self seeds . My compost pile produced bok choy all winter .
Very interesting video. Thank you for the information. So i have a question regarding timing. You said plant cilantro 60 days before your first frost date in the fall. In my area, south eastern Oregon my first frost date is September 13. We are getting very close to the 60 days before but temperatures are in the high 90’s and will remain that way through August. In your opinion, should I still plant cilantro around July 13. It seems way too hot now. Thank you
So I got that right, because by accident I let it go to grain and loe and behold little plants showed their leaves in February. So I put grains in on February 15th. Since then, we had some snow and one week of below 30°degrees temperature at night, well since I'm in Europe freezing happens at 0 °Celsius.😊
I’ve had a feeding tub full of cilantro all winter in NC by tenting it with a clear bag with tomato supports underneath. When the heat takes it I just let the seeds fall back into the tub and our family and our chickens get green stuff when most everything else is still brown. Definitely a back yard thing, not pretty but useful.
I appreciate your video and the calendar download. Unfortunately, the calendar copy won’t allow me to change the frost dates. Any tips on how to make it work? Thank you!
Hmm, that's weird. When you have C1 or E1 highlighted, try typing up above it in the white bar that says fx instead of directly in the pink box. Does that work?
My first try growing. Cilantro in Mingenew Western Australia. Planted in pots in late winter/spring about mid-august 2023. In pots, slow to grow. In summer shifted them under mulberry tree in shade. Still growing well. It's 18 March 2024, al.ost 3 weeks into Autumn. No signs of them bolting or goi g to seed. Perhaps they will stay on all winter if it's not too cold. I'm surpy how much it tastes like Celery
My problem has been like 1/10 germination rate and then solo stalks that stop at like 5 inches, for months, until they bolt. Which only gives me about 2x the amount of seeds I planted lol. I even had some survive all of fall and winter until feb when it finally died from the new clover pressure. So I can grow it, and propagate it, but I can't grow enough to eat. And I can't grow enough to make coriander if I want to later plant. It's been a bummer.
I'm in zone 8b Vancouver WA and live next to the woods. It rains pretty much constantly, so the soil is soaked and gets very little sun. Will cilantro grow under those circumstances?
I let cilantro grow as volunteers too. They know when to start growing. However, timing wise, I need to start some seeds later so the timing of a cilantro plant is in sync with making salsa. Otherwise, my early cilantro is already seeding eityh no leaves.
Truth, whole truth, and nothing but THE TRUTH...about cilantro's preferred temps! That is a money gimmick to sell it for summer growing, UNLESS you have somewhere to keep it cool. Thanks!
I was bummed that my cilantro transplants I grew from seed were going to waste because we are heading into the summer. Then I realized that I should plant them out and if they go to seed pretty soon, I’ll enjoy the leaves I get and have plenty of seeds for fall. Also, the viewer from Mexico’s tip to grow in the shade… Imho many times these videos can be discouraging because the ideal conditions might not exist at the moment for a viewer, but there are no alternatives offered other than give up and wait six months.
Last year I couldn't grow any cilantro because SOMETHING kept eating it before it got past the first true leaf or two. Very frustating. Birds I think. I finally had one plant survive into fall, but it didn't like our cold temperate California weather or the rain and it died by the first frost. Cold spring is ok, but not fall? I have got some going now that I planted just a few weeks ago, beginning of May, and I have only lost two plants to birds so far. Fingers crossed. I did presoak my cilantro seeds this time and that seemed to give me superior germination.
I don’t plant cilantro anymore. It comes up everywhere in our herb garden on its own. We just have to move plants or remove those we don’t need. The same goes for dill. Once planted you never have to plant again.
I made a change in my cilantro growing last year. I decided to plant my seeds in October to get plants in early winter. I got a few plants come up, but didn't grow as expected. However, they ended up laying flat on the ground and spreading out like a dandelion. BUT it survived both snow events here in western Arkansas and by early spring I had enough cilantro to harvest for all my Mexican meals. I also planted some seeds in early January, but not seeing a lot of growth so far.
By the way, in the cilantro seeds there are two ( 2) plants therefore the seeds should be somehow split in two I do this by rolling a bottle over them!.
Buy them from the grocery store. Cut the green part off to eat. Put the rest in a cup with a tiny amount of water so new roots can grow, which they will do in two days. Put it in soil outside.
@@GardenaryI don’t grow parsley every year so I can’t say this always holds true, but I don’t think my parsley survived the winter here in Ohio. We got down to -0.9f this winter. The parsley crowns look like mush, but the cilantro that germinated in the fall is still going strong and waking up from its winter nap. Too bad I don’t like cilantro (no, it doesn’t taste like soap - it’s just gross.) I let it volunteer itself for the pollinators.
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I do a lot of seeding this way- cilantro included. I also found that it can help extend out how long it will stay alive if you can plant it in a somewhat shady spot. Ideally, under the shadow of deciduous trees that will let the sun through early in the season (before they leaf out) and allow the cilantro to soak it up while the weather is cool....but as temps start to get warmer, the leaves slowly fill in providing more shade and keeping the cilantro cooler underneath. Then, just let it go to seed, and once it cools down again as long as they have moisture, they pop right back up in time for fall. I just did this last year myself after several years of craptastic results, and it worked great
Same here it's on the northern side under the elderberrytree.
@@picholoupyep! Would make a good part of a fruit tree guild I'd think. If the tree was larger, I personally would put it on the southern side, since technically it does want the sun, but with an elderberry that makes sense to me. My elderberries don't so much create a shaded area, as a shadow, lol.
Same here in Los Angeles. It has been sprouting year after. These days honey bees are having fun dance on the cilantro flowers.
I wonder if wild turkeys and deer would eat mine
Additionally what you can do if you are in a hot climate with temps in the 90s and 100s, or in zones 8, 9 and above, besides growing in part shade, use shade cloth over it. Try to plant it where it will just get morning sun. This way you can prevent it from bolting a LOT longer. I did this (I'm in zone 8B) and planted it in grow bags . I put them on the bottom shelf of a potting bench where they only got morning sun and had shade cloth over the potting bench and they lasted into the fall as long as I picked the flowers off in mid and late summer.
Cilantro is easy to grow from seed. Thank you so much for the information and for not playing music.
Chaos gardening sounds like it is right up my alley. 😂
I call my garden , Vegetable Confusion!
@@Tanya-d9z1f 😆 Love it.!
For this reason, I only grow cilantro indoors in my aerogarden! That's the only way I can keep a supply of fresh cilantro here in hot Louisiana! Great information...thanks! :)
I am in Louisiana also and was going to ask if it can be grown indoors. I do not have an aerogarden but I do have a place inside that I could let it get a small amount of filtered sunlight. I wonder if it would work?
I’m in SE Florida, I guess that’s my only option.
@@Rebecca-zp6tz me too. So I'm understanding only grow cilantro indoors in hot climates?
Just moved to the south east from the southwest. Just starting all my plants in our sun room, yes it has air conditioning. I had never attempted cilantro and your idea is assuring for me, thank you.
I grow cilantro year round in hot Mexico, but I grow it in mostly shade. It doesn’t need cool weather.
Is there a certain type of cilantro that you grow?
You grow it from seed?
@@NN-fz4pd yes!
I've never had trouble keeping cilantro alive in my garden. But I've stopped growing it for two reasons.
1. As soon as the plant is mature enough to harvest just a tiny amount, it immediately bolts and turns extremely bitter.
2. The one small harvest I get before bolting tastes no better than what is readily available at any grocery store.
I live in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. My region is zone 6B.
I'm 60 years old and have gardened all my life, beginning at about age 8. Dad and Mom taught us all how to garden and how to put vegetables by for Winter.
I love fresh herbs and have been growing them for 20 years. But there are only a few I grow currently.
I have some very nice perennial oregano, chive, and garlic chive, which is also called Chinese leeks.
Both chive patches appear in late Winter and are delicious year round with minimal maintenance. The oregano, which may well be marjoram, came up wild from natural seeding by birds on a side of the garden where I've never planted herbs. It requires zero maintenance and still tastes good even after blooming.
The only annual herbs I currently plant are thyme and lemon grass. Neither of these ever turn bitter and both require zero maintenance.
I've given up on growing others.
Basil, which I love, is impossible to stop from bolting and is only good for compost once it does. I can get it fresh at the grocery. Parsley is the same.
Dill, which I also love, bitters with maturity. And, again, is readily available.
Rosemary grows much faster than I can use it and turns woody and bitter.
Sage grows quickly too, but doesn't get too woody. And often survives Winter. But it grows bitter as the plant grows large.
I don't eat tarragon often enough to grow it.
Every type of mint I've ever grown is much too invasive.
Nowadays, I only grow vegetables that I believe taste much better when homegrown. Among them are, of course, tomatoes as well as half runner green beans and yellow wax beans. I also grow curly mustard, collards, kale, and various other fresh greens. I grow carrots and onions as well. But I do reserve a fair amount of garden space for whatever my young grandchildren want to grow.
They always want a small corn patch. This year, they asked to grow sugar baby watermelons again. My oldest grandaughter, age 7, wants to plant her own green bean patch. My grandson always wants cherry tomatoes, we call tommy toes.
He's loved them since tasting them at age 2. He, like me, loves to pick and eat them standing at the vine.
All my grandchildren love picking and eating blueberries and white grapes fresh from my plants and vines. Plus, this year I surprised them with strawberries.
I love to foster their interests to give them the wonderful gift my parents and grandparents gave me.
I planted it for the first time last May. Didn't know it was a cool weather crop. It did grow really well about 4 ft tall, but bolted after a month or so. Pollinators liked it. I did get about a shoebox full of coriander from a single 25 cent seed packet from dollar tree. 😂.
Thank you for this. I have never had luck with Cilantro because of exactly what you said. I will now dare to plant those seeds when it's cool. Thank you!
thank you! I've been so disappointed trying to grow cilantro and you are right! Now it's Sep 2 and I'm out planting store bought seeds and will try to save seeds for next spring!
In Maine we plant it as soon as the ground can be worked, then again two weeks later, and again two weeks later, and again. Then there’s a gap, and we start planting in early September and do the next patch in two weeks and so on.
We love cilantro and plant about 2x3’ bed every time.
Thank you!!! I was wondering why it didn't survive in the summer heat. I use cilantro in all my dishes - Pinto beans (Frijoles a la Charra), Mexican rice, Mexican style beef stew (Guisado), guacamole, so much more!
Once I planted cilantro seeds at some time in the spring or summer. Nothing really grew at all. But in the snowy winter I looked at my garden box and there was a huge bunch of cilantro growing, it was on the south side of the house where we got a lot of sun. I couldn’t believe it, it was good too! So I never plant cilantro in the spring or summer.
I was shocked when 20(ish) years ago, my sister took a rootbound plant and pulled off about a third of the roots before she planted it. She said that's what you do with rootbound plants 😮 I've done it ever since 😊
Most definitely!!!
I'm in Kansas (6b). Planting my first ever vegetable garden. Directly sowed the Coriander seeds 3/14. Sprouted about 10 days later. But no growth other than the cotyledon leaves so far (4/6). Since I'm a novice, I really don't know what to expect, but I like surprises. Directly sown lettuce, beets, radishes, and carrots have also sprouted and seem to be growing well. Italian flat leaf parsley hasn't shown up yet. I like your video style. Thanks for the growing guide and this video! SUBSCRIBED
I just made my salsa with my grown cilantro
Hello Nashville neighbor. I’ve been here 30+ years. I know the climate keeps changing here but I thought I’d let you know that forever, April 8 was our average last frost date. Now they say the 15th. This year it will be the 8th. My hens told me. 😉 I’ve never seen an April frost past April 15 here. When I first moved here, we were Zone 6A. Now this year we are designated 7B?! Boy, things really are changing. Thanks for the cilantro tips. Happy Nashville Gardening!
It's bull, I'm in zone 8b originally in South Georgia, now they say it's 9a, that would essentially be Tallahassee to middle Florida and yet here I am staring at dead lime and banana trees in my back yard.
They change the zones every 10 years or so
You are wrong and she is right. Nashville average last frost day April 28th. I don't know what bubble you live in but you don't live in reality.
@@LordJesusIlovedid you look that up on the internet or something ?😂
Hmm. I’m just northwest of Nashville, I understood last frost date to be April 10, only evidently not this year!
Thank you for this helpful video. Now I know why I've always failed when I've tried to grow cilantro in the tropical climate where I live.
Thank you. Now I know why I've had success. I will try this in August.
Looks like I’m planting cilantro tomorrow
One trick for year round harvest is planting seed late summer in an in ground and weed free spot 4x4'. Fertilize heavy in October, one cup 13-13-13 or equivalent and again in May, plants should be 5' tall by mid June while fowering and will have a nice canopy with cool soil where seeds will sprout even in the heat. Stomp a spot down to get some sun in when you see new sprouts but not too much and you will always have some in various stages. Fertilizing at the proper times is key. Youll have to thin a bit with a hoe every fall and let the spot move itself over a foot or so every year, i just spade right next to it in August and let all the new seeds sprout to the side of it a bit.
Fellow gardener love from East Nashville. 🙏Thanks for the help, I definitely nearly killed my cilantro 😂
Finally! A gardening expert in my area, vs. California or South Carolina, etc.
I promise you, from South Caroline myself...cilantro is a nightmare for me!!! I can seed grow ANYTHING but cilantro!! Drives me NUTS!!!!
Thanks! Nashville resident here! Literally was just going to look up when to plant my cilantro. ❤
In San Antonio we plant cilantro in October and expect it to last until early May.
We have a part of a raised bed that is now dedicated to cilantro. It just comes up when it's ready. We let it go to seed and it comes up again next year. A nice recipe using coriander is to grind the coriander and put some in a plain yogurt/cucumber salad.
My British friends call the green leaves “coriander,” a name I reserve for the seed.
Thanks for the tip. I had no idea they love cool weather. No wonder mine bolts in the summer. 😊
Just planted my cilantro in aug. Weather is getting cooler here.
One of the most helpful videos ever! Thank you.
Now I am knowing wtf happened last year. TY!
I do a lot of ‘chaos gardening’ 😂 I have one patch of garden beside my brick wall outside and it’s where I scatter random seeds. I’ve had the best luck with many ‘volunteer’ extra seeds/plants, especially in the cooler weather with the warmth that radiates from the brick. Cilantro has been tough for me but that’s because, as you pointed out, I try to grow it year round and in the summer it’s impossible.
My cow parsley works that way too!😊
Trying something different this year. Started from seed inside the house. Will keep one in the house (with the AC on in summer) and have one outside in the shade. Providing that it thrives, I will bring the outside cilantro in the house after some growth (before it keels over). 🙂
Thank you! I've got parsley growing wild but I've never been able to successfully grow coriander. Now I know why. :)
I seeded and they’re growing great! Now I hope I can keep it growing! It’s May 7th and I started it in February. We’re in the panhandle of Florida. Basil is another hard one for me!
I love coriander
And even if you call it cilantro i use it fresh and cooked
Always keep a bundle in my fridge.
This year i also grew them from SEED that i bought for pennies in the spice shop. Yes they germinated easily!!
Thank you for this video
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How did they compare to ones you've grown from seed meant for growing leafy cilantro ? I'd be concerned, as supposedly it's selected for either seed or slower bolting, leaf production. That the ones sold as coriander seed would be among the worst for long-as-possible production of cilantro leaves.
@@ajb.822 good point.
I ought to try both in my next sowing
The plants were a little smaller but they ain't bolting yet
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Hahaha we call cilantro ‘coriander’ in Australia and the seed is coriander seed. Thanks for the timing tip, I’ll put some in now as we head into late Autumn here ❤
That was super helpful. This year I planted the plants because I'm looking for flowers from that and parsley to help attract predatory bugs to my tomatoes. But now I think I may be able to cycle the plants if they aren't coming back naturally.
This works really well for Arugula also :)
Love your growing download! Most comprehensive calendar
Glad you're finding it helpful!
It’s March 14, and in Florida my cilantro is already threatening to bolt.
“Chaos gardening”, describes my style perfectly!
I am so glad i came across you , this is so helpful, because i believe in letting things grow naturally.❤❤❤
Great tips, thanks!
Here in Canada, market gardeners will sow seeds again and again, and harvest cilantro continuously. Forget small seed packets, buy bulk cilantro seeds in the spice aisle. To avoid bolting, you should grow cilantro in the shade, and ensure that the soil stays moist. It is otherwise an easy plant to grow and if you harvest the seeds, you will never have to buy seeds again. To sow, I just press the seeds on top of the moist soil with a finger, just deep enough that they will not move.
Good idea except cilantro is often selected specifically for leaf production and being slow to bolt, whereas coriander ( the seed) when grown for seed ( which seeds you find sold as a spice likely would be), it isn't then. So, I'd buy in bulk, sure, but from a seed provider and choose the slowest bolting types, at least for late spring and summer growing (for those of us who even can/should bother growing it in summer).
Lol. I wondered why my little plant was almost flowering early April in zone 7. Live and learn!
Thanks. i never knew that about cilantro. Just assumed it was like parsley. gonna try your way.
Yup! It’s a cool weather crop. Mines growing right now is SW FL.
Yeah, well SW FLA is a complete different hardiness zone than Nashville 7a. You don't get below zero temps in the winter.
@@elmerkilred159 No but I use to live in zone 5 in michigan . It grew good there in spring. So it grows anywhere when its cooler . I get the zones and timing. 👍 70’s here right now here. So for us, its cooler. I have a sweatshirt on 🤣🤣
Funny, just bought cilantro at Lowe's yesterday. Here in Yuma, AZ it sounds like a fools errand to even try except in the "winter" to grow it. Yesterday I also pruned back my tomato plants that survived without any frost damage all winter if that gives any indication the temps we have here.
Yeah, I bet ! I have relatives in the Phoenix area, one of whom gardens a lot and has chickens. Anyway, here in NW WI we still can't grow it well in the summer, either. I mean, in a part-shade esp. north-facing spot I think it can do pretty well barring a major heat wave, but it will bolt pretty quickly otherwise, even in later spring. MIGardener channel, Luke, has said he only grows it in fall now ( I think twas fall.. ). He's in SE MI, a zone or 2 warmer than I.
Excellent and very timely for me; thanks!
Call it “broadcasting”. So psyched cuz my baker creek cilantro is on the way. Zone 6b go huskies + pucks!
Petunias seed too. I have now seeds growing into plants that start blooming from
last year flowers.
So can i plqnt my seeds and place them in the fridge? I live in a very hot tropical climate that goes up daily to 35°c but feels like 40. Or plant them in my AC bedroom which is colder abour 20!°c qt night???
It’s Autumn (Fall) here in Australia and my cordiander ( cilantro) is growing beautifully and very green in colour. And so is my parsley 🌿
So now I know when is the best time. I’m still a novice in regards to my gardening skills. Thanks for this small but helpful tips and tricks.
Love cilantro! Just let it do its thing. Zone 7b have it reseeding itself over Autumn and winter..lots of coming back currently. I let it grow in shaded areas under peppers, tomatoes., just about anywhere it can be in some shade when summer heat comes...slows bolting. Aslo excellent as companion planting for pest..
Well now… that was extremely helpful information! And no wonder we’re confused… when we can buy Cilantro in the grocery store most times of the year. 😳 When I think of Cilantro… I think of Summer 🌞 time. It’s the ‘wrong’ time you’re saying! I’m in Canada 🇨🇦 so I should plant the seeds outside now - I think. 🤔❄️
If your soil is workable
I’m in Colorado, the central front range area, I had a coriander plant last an entire year (in a greenhouse), I tried replicating my process..no luck though. Thankfully the seeds are prolific 😅 I plant some seeds in July so I have it when the tomatoes are ready.
Great video. Content presentation style. Length. Awesome. Thanks!
Cilantro outside is frustrating unless you live along a coastal area that moderates the temperature. It will be too cold here to really get it growing vigorously and then we will switch over to too hot and it will bolt as a tiny little plant that you haven't even picked anything off of yet.
BTW a cilantro plant that gets good sized and healthy and then goes to seed is absolutely beautiful. They get maybe 3-4 feet tall and have very dainty pink and white flowers - at least the variety that I have does. Mine usually go to seed too quickly to attain a good size but I sure enjoy when it does. There are pollinators on it that I don't ever see other than on my cilantro
Thanks for that tutorial! I’m going to try that out this growing season:)
Thank you!!! I've been wondering what I was doing wrong!
In Jackson Tn my cilantro is coming on . I let it fight it out with my basil . This part of my herb garden self seeds . My compost pile produced bok choy all winter .
Very interesting video. Thank you for the information. So i have a question regarding timing. You said plant cilantro 60 days before your first frost date in the fall. In my area, south eastern Oregon my first frost date is September 13. We are getting very close to the 60 days before but temperatures are in the high 90’s and will remain that way through August. In your opinion, should I still plant cilantro around July 13. It seems way too hot now. Thank you
You could plant now under some shade cloth or wait until closer to your frost date.
So I got that right, because by accident I let it go to grain and loe and behold little plants showed their leaves in February. So I put grains in on February 15th. Since then, we had some snow and one week of below 30°degrees temperature at night, well since I'm in Europe freezing happens at 0 °Celsius.😊
So, are you saying it doesn’t need or want much sunlight?
It grows in my concrete cracks in February in Texas like a weed.
Thanx I have had this very problem in tulsa
It's Feb here in Georgia. So plants seeds outside
Great video, thanks for sharing
Very helpful. Thank you.
I’ve had a feeding tub full of cilantro all winter in NC by tenting it with a clear bag with tomato supports underneath. When the heat takes it I just let the seeds fall back into the tub and our family and our chickens get green stuff when most everything else is still brown. Definitely a back yard thing, not pretty but useful.
I appreciate your video and the calendar download. Unfortunately, the calendar copy won’t allow me to change the frost dates. Any tips on how to make it work? Thank you!
Hmm, that's weird. When you have C1 or E1 highlighted, try typing up above it in the white bar that says fx instead of directly in the pink box. Does that work?
My first try growing. Cilantro in Mingenew Western Australia.
Planted in pots in late winter/spring about mid-august 2023.
In pots, slow to grow. In summer shifted them under mulberry tree in shade. Still growing well. It's 18 March 2024, al.ost 3 weeks into Autumn.
No signs of them bolting or goi g to seed.
Perhaps they will stay on all winter if it's not too cold.
I'm surpy how much it tastes like Celery
How long does it last? My experience is that it's gone by June. Is there anyway to keep it going through summer?
It can start growing and almost immediately bolt if it's too warm. Through summer you'd probably have to try it indoors
My problem has been like 1/10 germination rate and then solo stalks that stop at like 5 inches, for months, until they bolt. Which only gives me about 2x the amount of seeds I planted lol.
I even had some survive all of fall and winter until feb when it finally died from the new clover pressure.
So I can grow it, and propagate it, but I can't grow enough to eat. And I can't grow enough to make coriander if I want to later plant. It's been a bummer.
I'm in zone 8b Vancouver WA and live next to the woods. It rains pretty much constantly, so the soil is soaked and gets very little sun. Will cilantro grow under those circumstances?
It doesn't need a ton of sunlight. I'd just recommend a raised bed or container with really good drainage
Where did you get the shirt? I love it! Cilantro is yum!
Can you grow Cilantro in warmer zone 9 & 10 then if it needs this cold temperatures?
You'd grow it during your winter months. I grew cilantro in Houston, zone 9, from late October to late February or so
I didn't think of taking cues on timing from volunteer plants. It seems so obvious now!
I let cilantro grow as volunteers too. They know when to start growing. However, timing wise, I need to start some seeds later so the timing of a cilantro plant is in sync with making salsa. Otherwise, my early cilantro is already seeding eityh no leaves.
Truth, whole truth, and nothing but THE TRUTH...about cilantro's preferred temps! That is a money gimmick to sell it for summer growing, UNLESS you have somewhere to keep it cool. Thanks!
Im in Alaska, 5 weeks MAX between last frost and first frost😅 -20° again tonight, 3/12
I was bummed that my cilantro transplants I grew from seed were going to waste because we are heading into the summer. Then I realized that I should plant them out and if they go to seed pretty soon, I’ll enjoy the leaves I get and have plenty of seeds for fall. Also, the viewer from Mexico’s tip to grow in the shade… Imho many times these videos can be discouraging because the ideal conditions might not exist at the moment for a viewer, but there are no alternatives offered other than give up and wait six months.
She makes sense.
Last year I couldn't grow any cilantro because SOMETHING kept eating it before it got past the first true leaf or two. Very frustating. Birds I think. I finally had one plant survive into fall, but it didn't like our cold temperate California weather or the rain and it died by the first frost. Cold spring is ok, but not fall? I have got some going now that I planted just a few weeks ago, beginning of May, and I have only lost two plants to birds so far. Fingers crossed. I did presoak my cilantro seeds this time and that seemed to give me superior germination.
I don’t plant cilantro anymore. It comes up everywhere in our herb garden on its own. We just have to move plants or remove those we don’t need. The same goes for dill. Once planted you never have to plant again.
5/21/24 today. Cilantro came up by itself and is already bolting. I rip those off but it only holds it off for a while.
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I made a change in my cilantro growing last year. I decided to plant my seeds in October to get plants in early winter. I got a few plants come up, but didn't grow as expected. However, they ended up laying flat on the ground and spreading out like a dandelion. BUT it survived both snow events here in western Arkansas and by early spring I had enough cilantro to harvest for all my Mexican meals. I also planted some seeds in early January, but not seeing a lot of growth so far.
Any tips on how to keep cilantro alive once it is growing?
Here you go: www.gardenary.com/blog/6-practical-tips-to-keep-cilantro-from-bolting
@@Gardenary Thanks.
By the way, in the cilantro seeds there are two ( 2) plants therefore the seeds should be somehow split in two I do this by rolling a bottle over them!.
Thank you. Any tips on green onions?
Those do great in a little pot indoors or in some shade on a patio once it gets warm
Buy them from the grocery store. Cut the green part off to eat. Put the rest in a cup with a tiny amount of water so new roots can grow, which they will do in two days. Put it in soil outside.
How do you grow it for salsa … I want it at the same time my tomatoes are ready
You can grow it earlier and then freeze the leaves
So not so good for S FL. 😔 since we have terribly hot 🥵 weather year round!
Love that top so cute
This makes sense
Ty from central Ca
We are getting too hot soon. I’m trying indoors. Also in central ca 😊
Can cilantro grow in the Mohave desert?
Sure! Plant it in a raised bed or container filled with great soil and keep it watered
Good to know thank you!
So seeds now in zone 6 WV ?
If it's nice and cool for the next 45-60 days
@@Gardenary it will be done and feel confident! Thanks
Where did you get those arbors?
They are her Nicole Trellises on her website. Great quality product.
hehe She sells them on her website.
You can find them here: shop.gardenary.com
Is it the same for parsley?
No, parsley is actually a biennial. It's way tougher than cilantro
@@GardenaryI don’t grow parsley every year so I can’t say this always holds true, but I don’t think my parsley survived the winter here in Ohio. We got down to -0.9f this winter. The parsley crowns look like mush, but the cilantro that germinated in the fall is still going strong and waking up from its winter nap. Too bad I don’t like cilantro (no, it doesn’t taste like soap - it’s just gross.) I let it volunteer itself for the pollinators.
Nice, thank you
So glad I found you. I live in Sevierville. Really appreciate local advice.
Great info. Your camera angles is distracting though.