Cilantro- Santo
Santo is a slow-bolting selection grown for its leaves. Like the leaves and seeds, the flowers are also edible. ... Edible Flowers: Use them raw because the flavor fades quickly when cooked. Sprinkle to taste on salads, bean dishes, chicken, and spicy Southwestern dishes.
I have found two successful ways to grow cilantro. Cilantro will bolt "goes to flower", it is caused by uneven watering (going dry then wet) and/or from the heat of the sun. This natural part of growing always gives a headache to the gardener, because cilantro always bolts. Especially when you need it, now. When cilantro bolts the leaves will turn bitter to taste. The flowers are edible, but not as prized as the leaves. Here are my two successful ways of growing cilantro.
1. Plant or seed cilantro every 4 to 6 weeks throughout the growing season. This will ensure you have a steady supply of cilantro whenever you need it fresh for salsa, soups, tacos, and other southwestern dishes.
2. This is more the lazy man’s version of growing cilantro and how I typically like to grow it, because let’s be honest remembering to seed cilantro every 4 weeks is hard. I'm pretty sure the laundry I washed two days ago is still in the washer and has yet to make it to the dryer. Okay, here we go.
Plant cilantro in the spring. Harvest as much fresh cilantro as possible. Take any extra you don't need right now, put in a blender with water or oil. Freeze the cilantro in a container for later use. Now the cilantro plant will bolt "go to flower" in the heat of the summer. Let it. The flowers also are a favorite source of nectar to beneficial insects. Eventually the flowers will turn to seeds. Congratulations! You now have fresh coriander for your spice rack. What seeds are not harvested will fall to the ground and cilantro will reseed itself, giving you a lazy man's second crop of beautiful cilantro in the Fall. In my opinion Fall cilantro is by far a heavier crop and will can be harvested well into November/December. So, take that nice bounty of cilantro and freeze just as I stated above. Depending on our winter, some cilantro will come up next spring even earlier than you think it should. So, in March/April check the area of last year’s cilantro crop, you might be surprised with new plants!
Plants are grown in a 4” pot
Santo is a slow-bolting selection grown for its leaves. Like the leaves and seeds, the flowers are also edible. ... Edible Flowers: Use them raw because the flavor fades quickly when cooked. Sprinkle to taste on salads, bean dishes, chicken, and spicy Southwestern dishes.
I have found two successful ways to grow cilantro. Cilantro will bolt "goes to flower", it is caused by uneven watering (going dry then wet) and/or from the heat of the sun. This natural part of growing always gives a headache to the gardener, because cilantro always bolts. Especially when you need it, now. When cilantro bolts the leaves will turn bitter to taste. The flowers are edible, but not as prized as the leaves. Here are my two successful ways of growing cilantro.
1. Plant or seed cilantro every 4 to 6 weeks throughout the growing season. This will ensure you have a steady supply of cilantro whenever you need it fresh for salsa, soups, tacos, and other southwestern dishes.
2. This is more the lazy man’s version of growing cilantro and how I typically like to grow it, because let’s be honest remembering to seed cilantro every 4 weeks is hard. I'm pretty sure the laundry I washed two days ago is still in the washer and has yet to make it to the dryer. Okay, here we go.
Plant cilantro in the spring. Harvest as much fresh cilantro as possible. Take any extra you don't need right now, put in a blender with water or oil. Freeze the cilantro in a container for later use. Now the cilantro plant will bolt "go to flower" in the heat of the summer. Let it. The flowers also are a favorite source of nectar to beneficial insects. Eventually the flowers will turn to seeds. Congratulations! You now have fresh coriander for your spice rack. What seeds are not harvested will fall to the ground and cilantro will reseed itself, giving you a lazy man's second crop of beautiful cilantro in the Fall. In my opinion Fall cilantro is by far a heavier crop and will can be harvested well into November/December. So, take that nice bounty of cilantro and freeze just as I stated above. Depending on our winter, some cilantro will come up next spring even earlier than you think it should. So, in March/April check the area of last year’s cilantro crop, you might be surprised with new plants!
Plants are grown in a 4” pot
Santo is a slow-bolting selection grown for its leaves. Like the leaves and seeds, the flowers are also edible. ... Edible Flowers: Use them raw because the flavor fades quickly when cooked. Sprinkle to taste on salads, bean dishes, chicken, and spicy Southwestern dishes.
I have found two successful ways to grow cilantro. Cilantro will bolt "goes to flower", it is caused by uneven watering (going dry then wet) and/or from the heat of the sun. This natural part of growing always gives a headache to the gardener, because cilantro always bolts. Especially when you need it, now. When cilantro bolts the leaves will turn bitter to taste. The flowers are edible, but not as prized as the leaves. Here are my two successful ways of growing cilantro.
1. Plant or seed cilantro every 4 to 6 weeks throughout the growing season. This will ensure you have a steady supply of cilantro whenever you need it fresh for salsa, soups, tacos, and other southwestern dishes.
2. This is more the lazy man’s version of growing cilantro and how I typically like to grow it, because let’s be honest remembering to seed cilantro every 4 weeks is hard. I'm pretty sure the laundry I washed two days ago is still in the washer and has yet to make it to the dryer. Okay, here we go.
Plant cilantro in the spring. Harvest as much fresh cilantro as possible. Take any extra you don't need right now, put in a blender with water or oil. Freeze the cilantro in a container for later use. Now the cilantro plant will bolt "go to flower" in the heat of the summer. Let it. The flowers also are a favorite source of nectar to beneficial insects. Eventually the flowers will turn to seeds. Congratulations! You now have fresh coriander for your spice rack. What seeds are not harvested will fall to the ground and cilantro will reseed itself, giving you a lazy man's second crop of beautiful cilantro in the Fall. In my opinion Fall cilantro is by far a heavier crop and will can be harvested well into November/December. So, take that nice bounty of cilantro and freeze just as I stated above. Depending on our winter, some cilantro will come up next spring even earlier than you think it should. So, in March/April check the area of last year’s cilantro crop, you might be surprised with new plants!
Plants are grown in a 4” pot