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How to Grow Cilantro in Containers
How to Grow Cilantro in Containers. Cilantro is an herb that grows well when cultivated in containers, and provides you with the fresh herb that is often found in Mexican and Asian dishes. It is a short-lived annual that you must replant every few months for a continual fresh harvest, but the leaves can be dried and stored for year-round use, if...
Cilantro is an herb that grows well when cultivated in containers, and provides you with the fresh herb that is often found in Mexican and Asian dishes. It is a short-lived annual that you must replant every few months for a continual fresh harvest, but the leaves can be dried and stored for year-round use, if desired. Cilantro can be purchased as a small plant in a nursery, but it is easily grown from seed.
Things You'll Need
10- to 12-inch pot
Potting soil
Cilantro seeds
Fill a 10- to 12-inch pot approximately 1/2 inch from the rim with a high-quality potting soil.
Plant one seed every square inch, just below the soil.
Water the seeds so the soil is slightly moist and set the container on a sunny window sill or in another sunny spot. You can also set it outdoors when frost is no longer an issue.
Continue to keep the soil slightly moist. Thin the sprouts in two to three weeks so that eight to 10 healthy plants remain and are evenly spaced.
Begin to harvest the leaves when the plants are 6 inches tall, before they begin to flower. Expect to harvest 10 to 12 weeks from planting. Pinch or clip off the large, mature leaves. You'll most likely get two harvests this way. Alternatively, you can harvest the entire plant when it reaches 8 to 10 inches in height.
