Posted: 6/24/2009 5:21:18 PM EDT
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Anybody ever grow it? I have some in my garden, but haven't a clue when I should be harvesting it, or how to. Can somebody with some experience with this stuff help a clueless grower out?
How do I preserve it till my other salsa ingredients are producing? 1rst picture is what I have. Not all of the seeds that I planted came up.  Must have been too deep or something.
2nd is a picture of the average size. If I cut some off will it regrow, or is it done? I don't know. 
3rd, the dog thought he had to cheese it up for the camera  , so I included him too.
Thanks, Bruce |
| I keep a small area of the garden where I let the Cilantro grow on its own, it reseeds itself reliably and I treat it like leaf lettuce and keep it picked to keep it growing and extend the useful harvest time. As far as storage goes I am clueless, I love the stuff and don't know of any way to store it without ruining it. |
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You can dry it like any other herb, but to be honest, it's not going to taste right. Others in this thread have it right: Plant it in stages, or give it room to go to seed and re-grow. The plants bolt to seed within a couple months.
As an aside, cilantro seeds are also the spice commonly called coriander, if you have any use for it. |