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Re: Cilantro/Coriander question

Your cilantro plant did what it is supposed to do. As it is an annual, it is
past it's usable state as an herb for guac. or salsa. However, the flowers
are excellent in a salad... not too much, though, as the flavor is very
intense. The "seed pods" are coriander. Use them, after they are dry, in
recipes calling for such, OR, leave them to reseed the plant, OR harvest
them and grow new plants next year.
-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Hoshizaki <glenh@ix.netcom.com>
To: Indoor-Gardening <indoor-gardening@prairienet.org>
Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 5:26 PM
Subject: Cilantro/Coriander question


>This question concerns a plant that's technically not indoors (it's on a
>partially shaded deck), although to my naive way of thinking it applies
just
>the same.
>
>I bought a small cilantro plant (Coriandrum sativum) a couple of months
ago.
>Shortly after I brought it home it transformed from a delicate broad-leaved
>thing a few inches high to an almost woody thing nearly a yard tall with
>flowers, eventually followed by seed pods, leaving me nothing that would be
>useable in guacamole (from my avocado tree and my Serrano chili plant).
>
>Can anyone tell me what I, perhaps, should have done? Or what I should do
>now to get the plant back to a useable state?
>
>Glen Hoshizaki
>
>
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