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Re: Cilantro/Coriander question


Cilantro must be used quickly--use the leaves for salsas, etc.  It is known
to "bolt", i.e.,  go to seed within a few weeks at the onset of hot
weather.  (If you are above zone 8 you should have better luck than I have
here in zone 9.)  The seeds then become "coriander", which can also be used
in cooking (soups, stews, sausages, etc.).  Cilantro does, however, reseed
itself so you should have some plants come up again next year.  (Just let
the seeds drop into the pot).

You may want to try several plantings, within a few weeks of each other, so
you have a continuous crop for a few months.  Morning sun and afternoon
shade is also helpful for a good crop.


At 05:09 PM 7/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>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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