Is cilantro a perennial?by Tara Nolan |
I was puttering in my herb garden a couple of nights ago and among the helicopters I was having to pick out of the dirt from the giant maple next door were two little cilantro plants. They are not in the same place as my cilantro plant from last year, but they’re in the general vicinity, so my guess is that when the plant went to seed in the fall, a couple of little seeds survived the winter! Hm, I always thought that cilantro was an annual…
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Tara, would you share with me how you get your Cilantro to grow? I can’t for the life of me get mine to go past the first cutting. I live in Hawaii and it is in a spot where it gets the morning sun and it is in a strawberry pot on the side.
Cilantro is kind of tricky, isn’t it? I’ve had a hard time with my seedlings this year that I started indoors–they’re a little spindly. But last year I bought a cilantro plant (the one that reseeded itself) and put it right in the ground where it got the afternoon sun. I trimmed it fairly often, but never right down, I just focused on the tips. Are there other plants sharing your cilantro pot?
Cilantro is tricky. Our neighbors have cats and they (the cats) like to nibble on the cilantro. Got smart this spring - bought a seeds and plants them in a hanging basket up and away from the cats. My cilantro is blooming and looking great and it also has morning sun and most of the days worth. This is the best cilantro growth I have ever had. Hope that helps!
The cilantro loves the sun and does very well with the heat.
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