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Post by desertwoman on Apr 28, 2022 20:24:16 GMT -5
I've always thought the cilantro/tomatoes/ hot peppers were not in proper alignment. Bad timing. How can we make good salsa without our own cilantro?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 28, 2022 20:38:13 GMT -5
Fortunately, cilantro is everywhere around here now, unlike years ago, when I had to wait until I went Asian markets. I get packets at Aldi's for 79¢ that keep well.
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Post by breezygardener on Apr 29, 2022 11:38:30 GMT -5
Yeah - I can find fresh cilantro these days easier sometimes than I can find parsley.
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Post by gianna on Apr 10, 2023 10:05:26 GMT -5
I noticed the Cilantro is coming up. It just keeps reseeding itself. There was a place in the yard where it kept coming back. But unfortunately that stopped a few years ago. So now I have to grow it from seed. And this year I really want lots of it after discovering salsa verde with tomatillos. My existing cilantro seeds are oldish (from '19), but am getting some germination (variety Calypso), at least enough to get started. Any day I'm expecting a new order of Slow Bolt from True Leaf Market. In addition to growing full-sized plants, I want to try some cilantro microgreens. I keep seeing reference to people splitting the little seed pods to get better, faster germination. Has anyone tried that?
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Post by datgirl on Apr 10, 2023 10:31:58 GMT -5
I just went out to see if any of mine was coming up yet, but I didn't see any. Last year I harvested a jar full of seeds midsummer so I could sow a second crop so I have the Cilantro when the Tomatoes are ripe.
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Post by breezygardener on Apr 10, 2023 11:20:04 GMT -5
Since the seeds are so large, I always pre-sprout at least some of them in paper towels/Ziplocs, just to be aware of germination rates. Will be doing that this month so I can sow them as soon as our night temps seem to be out of the 20's for good.
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Post by Latitude33 on Apr 18, 2023 20:56:21 GMT -5
Went to a "Dollar-Store" earlier this year and bought a sizable package of coriander seed in the seasoning/food aisle. Scattered most in a little used spot in mom's backyard. Did y'all hear about the heavy rains California received this year? Can you say cilantro forest? Oops.
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Post by breezygardener on Apr 18, 2023 22:49:58 GMT -5
bought a sizable package of coriander seed in the seasoning/food aisle. If you bought them in the seasoning aisle they may very well have been heat-treated & may not sprout. Just be aware.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Apr 19, 2023 0:16:49 GMT -5
I remember trying to sprout some Thai/Sri Lankan (some smaller, red seeded type) and the Indian variety (the elongated, golden type) from a few sources, years ago, with no luck. I figured that they were heat treated or irradiated, to bring them into this country. Years later I got some Indian coriander from spices.inc, and they were the first ones (sold as spice) that sprouted! It wasn't until years after that that BC started selling the Indian version - even the Seedsofindia.com didn't have them, only cilantro!
Another thing I forgot to mention - the main reason I tried that Indian variety of coriander was that I thought that it might also be grown as cilantro, over there. But no luck - it bolted quickly for me, like all of them.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 20, 2023 17:42:47 GMT -5
I must have that gene that says Cilantro tastes like soap. Don't care for it. But I do use ground coriander sometimes.
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Post by gianna on Apr 25, 2023 11:41:29 GMT -5
I must have that gene that says Cilantro tastes like soap. Don't care for it. I was raised in a home with good, traditional, Mid-West cooking with a big touch of Italian. I didn't meet cilantro on a plate till I was an adult in Mexican foods, and didn't much like it. I don't have that genetic soap thingie (10% of the population?), and was able to come to like it a lot. Now I'm growing it. The last planting was from new seed, and it's germinating very nicely. Next time I'll sow less cuz they are too thick. The newest batch was planted in a container (11 by 14 inches), in 3 rows, and it's just busting out. With all the experimenting with 3-4 yr old and new seed the past few weeks, I'll soon have too much - if there is such a thing.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Apr 25, 2023 16:33:03 GMT -5
Thing about cilantro is using small amounts, as it is a strong flavor. You've got to include it in bean dishes and salsas. Having said that, and being a cilantro fan, I've often thoroughly enjoyed a salad that was 80% cilantro. I'm making a point to use the coriander seed later this year for the first time.
...and no, gianna , there is no such thing as too much cilantro.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 26, 2023 4:45:08 GMT -5
I planted Cilantro once. Years ago. It self seeded every year and finally went away.
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Post by breezygardener on Apr 26, 2023 16:56:12 GMT -5
It self seeded every year and finally went away. Sometimes the mature seeds get burrowed into by some insect (I couldn't find what it is) that renders the seed infertile. When I was growing it in NY & collected the mature seed, nearly of it had a neat little round drilled into every seed. I was told that one could still use the seed by putting it in the freezer for a certain amount of time, but frankly, consuming the dead remains of whatever was living inside was rather unappealing to me.
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Post by datgirl on Apr 30, 2023 17:11:05 GMT -5
gianna,the Cilantro is coming up everywhere.
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