we wish to grow this in a pot.we heard we need to remove the flowers for more foilage,is this true?
everytime we do,the plant seems to go into decline,producing no new foilage.
can anyone help?
celintro
can you at least tell me if anyone grows celantro?
how do you do it?
Hi den...Sandy here.
I've never grown cilantro, but I checked it out in a couple of my books for you, and really the only common denominator in 2 books...was..don't overcrowd. "needs plenty of space"
4-8 inches apart, close groupings cause stunting.
" Bolts quickly in heat,producing few leaves, plant early"
Sorry I couldn't be more help, but i'm sure someone that knows will come upon this thread sooner or later
Sandy
Cilantro doesn't like to be transplanted. On the other hand, if you do move it, it will bolt to seed. The seeds, of course are called coriander. I grow mine about 6" apart. Good soil, plenty moisture, it makes a lot of leaves. Let some go to seed for next year anyway.
A note of caution on cilantro and re-seeding. One time I got careless and let mine go completely to seed. My herb bed was next to my strawberry patch. The next year I spent every spare minute pulling out volunteer cilantro from around the strawberry plants. Now, cilantro is a wonderful herb in small quantities. But when I had to weed it that spring and summer, my hands reeked and it nearly made me nauseous.
But I've got a new garden this year and my brother-in-law begged me to grow some for his salsa, so here we go again. I also got conned into growing tomatoes and peppers for his salsa, but that's another story.... (How could I possibly refuse my adorable nephews????)
I have grow cinantro,but everytime I handle it ,I get sick and get a headace,I don't know why?? Do u thinks it's
the oils??
herblady
cilantro or coriander hmmm
ive grown this herb a lot and recently with the fine weather we've been having here it has bolted, if it does i just collect the seed and then re-sow, i find if its in partial shade it does better
lil
When cilantro bolts there is no stopping the flowers from coming on and cutting it back will not produce many more leaves.
Cilantro is a cool weather plant and for a consistant supply one should succession plant it every 2 weeks or so. As it gets hotter it tends to bolt more quickly so sowing should be made even closer together. It grows best in spring and fall.
mine's been bolting like no tomorrow in this hot weather! i think ill wait til it cools down to sow some more. Also in regard to pulling the flower stems off to produce more leaves, this didn't work for me, the plant just produced more flowers! Bees seem to like it tho! lol!
lil