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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 30, 2015 22:28:42 GMT -5
I am finally getting some cilantro to grow, now that it's cooler. Never could figure out why this won't grow in the heat, w/o bolting immediately! I have 4 plants in a "leftover" Earthbox, and one, so far, in my hydroponics, all of them growing well. I'll keep you posted.
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Post by spacecase0 on Sept 30, 2015 22:51:15 GMT -5
I always grow them in the spring when it is cool, never thought to grow them in the fall
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Post by september on Sept 30, 2015 23:46:39 GMT -5
I put some in after I pulled my pea vines. Wasn't sure if the seed was any good, because it was well over 10 years old, probably more than 15. For many years I left it go to seed, and it self-sowed and I never had to plant it, but it always bolted before the tomatoes were ripe. Then I went to raised beds, and it gradually disappeared. I did find one volunteer plant this year. When I had loads of plants, I did save seed a few times, but just stored it loose in the same tin can I picked into. The germination from this old seed was very low, but from the handfuls of old seed I threw in, I did get enough for my use, and it's just coming into prime now as I have lots of season ending tomatoes. Will try to remember to do the same next year, but probably should get fresh seed.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 1, 2015 13:51:28 GMT -5
Ooh, that reminds me. October is a good time to sow cilantro here.
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Post by meandtk on Oct 1, 2015 18:27:55 GMT -5
Ooh, that reminds me. October is a good time to sow cilantro here. Ditto!
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Post by greendot on Aug 19, 2016 19:57:27 GMT -5
Being in Texas it's definitely difficult to avoid the heat. Would you guys recommend growing cilantro indoors? Cilantro is pretty cheap to buy however, I think it would be really neat to have it readily available.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Aug 21, 2016 15:26:17 GMT -5
Cilantro likes cool weather and established cilantro plants will definitely tolerate some frost, but not hard freezes or extended cold.
So, depending on what part of Texas you're in, it may very well grow from fall through spring for you. Even if you're in N. Texas where midwinter freezes might kill it, you should be able to grow cilantro in the fall and spring.
I've thought about growing cilantro indoors in the hot months (May-September), but I've never actually done it. I don't have a window with enough sun for it, and it seems expensive to run grow lights just for cilantro when it's cheap at the store.
If you do try growing it indoors, please do tell us how it works out!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 21, 2016 22:35:58 GMT -5
Cilantro grows better for me indoors. Years ago, when I first tried it, I tried it under 16 hr/day lighting, followed by 14 hr, then 12 hr, and the less lighting, the faster it bolted. So I'm thinking maybe length of day has something to do with it.
I have grown cilantro in hydroponics, but it didn't grow a lot better, like many other herbs do. In the pots, I grew 4 in a 20" long windowsill box, with some Promix, with some worm castings and some extra perlite added. I probably fertilized it lightly with the hydroponic fertilizer I used at the time for vegetative growth. I don't remember how many weeks I kept cutting it, just that the 16 hr/day light kept it a long time before bolting. And the roots were not the least bit rootbound, when I pulled the plants out, so I'm sure that a couple more plants could have gone into that sized pot.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 22, 2016 23:48:32 GMT -5
Here's a photo i found of it in the hydroponics this last winter. The pot is 3" in diameter, for a size reference, and this one did great, but you can see another to the left that didn't do as well, yet they were all from the same seed pack, and planted at the same time.
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Post by paquebot on Sept 19, 2016 0:43:18 GMT -5
Used to never care when cilantro was ready as it was planted as early as possible in the spring and pulled when it was at its peak. Plants would be washed and roots trimmed and then a big cluster of them into a bread wrapper. That would be long before it was needed for any tomato recipe and no tomatoes ripe yet. The stuffed bundle would go into the freezer. When needed, just chop off what was needed and back into the freezer. One could actually grow a 5-year supply easily that way and that's what I did. Now I can buy a big handful-size bundle from WalMart for 78¢. Can't grow it that cheap.
Martin
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