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25+ Cilantro Seeds!
*Heirloom Plants

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- Taco Lover's Delight FREE Recipe Included!

Cilantro doesn't require many nutrients, we usually mix a bit of compost/manure into the soil and call it good...no fertilizer normally is needed.

Once your bed is prepared, make a 1/4" depression into the soil and plant your seeds 1" apart.

After your seeds are in, cover them with a layer of fine soil, gently pat your soil and you're ready to water!

Harvest the seeds by clipping the brown, round seed heads; place upside down in a paper bag. In a few days, the round husks will dry and split in two, dropping the edible seed inside. Don’t delay seed harvest, or the weak stems will fall over.

Freshly chopped cilantro is an excellent source of potassium, is low in calories, and is good for the digestive system. It is best to use fresh cilantro in cooking since it does not dry very well. Add chopped leaves at the last minute for maximum flavor. Cilantro blends well with mint, cumin, chives, garlic, and marjoram.

Companion Plants: Spinach, Onion, Beans, Peas, Lettuce, Potato etc.

Can attract: tachinid fly aphids
Repells: spider mites, ant variety and potato beetles

Store by freezing the leaves in cubes of water or oil; you can dry them, too, but they lose a lot of their flavor tif dried, which explains why growing your own is far better than buying it from the spice rack.

Store coriander seeds in a cool cabinet or the refrigerator. Use them in curry, poultry, relishes (chicken, steak, fish etc., salsa and cucumber or zucchini pickles!


*These are heirloom plant seeds. Be sure to keep some seeds for next sowing.


Questions & Comments
Original
What climate/ zones will cilantro grow in?
Jun 10th, 2011 at 9:08:12 PM PDT by
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Cilantro is a perfect herb for patio containers, inside the window sill or out of doors in the garden. In general cilantro as like most herbs enjoys temperatures from 60 - 80F. I reside in southern California and temperatures reach 115F. During summer months I make sure that my cilantro has a bit of shade and I water during the morning as so the leafs don't burn from evaporation / sunlight.

Even though experts state that the ground temperature should be around 70-75F, cilantro has been grown in the mountains of Tibet to Peru which has obvious cold climates. Cilantro is easy breezy to grow. It's a wonderful companion plant as well. Cilantro is an outstanding companion plant to tomatoes and peppers. They will help repel aphids and other bothersome insects. It's always a good idea to plant a row of cilantro (ie Mexican parsley, corriander) near tomatoes, lettuce or other plants they can be affected by insects. Some folks say that cilantro shouldn't be planted near potatoes. They feel that it can attract potato pests.

A great container garden is the Italian holy trinity (basil, tomato, bell) planted together, then there's the Mexican three amigos which is (cilantro, tomato, bell or jalepeno) planted together.

According to USDA, cilantro will grow in zones 3 - 12

Cheers ~LosAngeles
Jun 10th, 2011 at 10:56:19 PM PDT by

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