Whining about cilantro..

[lesa]

I know I saved seeds- but I can't find them. I felt so sad about it...Then, I was looking closely at my new asparagus bed (which used to be my herb garden) and it is full of self-seeding cilantro!! I was wandering around the yard and looking at another garden (20 feet away) and you guessed it- it is full of baby cilantro! So, I guess we will be having salsa after all. Nature is so cool! I'm bound to find those seeds now!

 

[digitS']

My best cilantro plants of the year are the ones that over-winter. There won't be many because the gardens are tilled but if some are missed, those will be big, robust plants.

I've whined about cilantro's short season. I can't get it to grow well outside of a few weeks early in the season. And yet, it is available in the store year-around :/?

I complained to a knowledgeable gardener and was told that it is grown in greenhouses . . . year-around. Oh.

So, keeping it from burning up in the summer is possible. Maybe I could use a shade cloth.

Steve

 

[lesa]

I loved mine last year...The problem is the cilantro is ready way before the tomatoes. I am hoping to plant a second time, and get the two ready for salsa at the same time. Maybe I'll find my seeds by then! LOL I would definitely try a shade, it would be worth it! Nothing like fresh herbs!

 

[HiDelight]

I grow the cilantro and parsley right under my tomato plants

every now and then I have to dig the whole thing out and just move them

I use the cilantro root in soup it is very good

 

[Mahonri]

Anybody else but me HATE cilantro?

Went to Miguels once and asked if they had any plates made without cilantro. When they said no, I got up and walked out.

 

[Greenthumb18]

Anybody else but me HATE cilantro?

Went to Miguels once and asked if they had any plates made without cilantro. When they said no, I got up and walked out.

No, your not alone i'll admit i Hate cilantro, i dont know it has a bad smell to it, its not a nice fresh smell. I can't personally stand it, to be honest. You wont find this herb growing in my herb garden.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

I used to hate cilantro too ( I thought it tasted soapy). Then I visited friends in Mexico where it seemed to me that it was used in most dishes there & suddenly I changed my mind & I have eaten it ever since. I now can't understand why I hated it so much & I even grow it.

A couple of years ago I saw a gardening programme on TV; an Asian gardener was talking about the difficulties of growing it. He said that he always gently crushed the seeds with a stone before sowing; not grinding it but just slightly breaking the shell of the seed. It does help with better,faster germination.

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Reinbeau]

I can take it in small doses, too much and it does taste soapy to me. I don't hate it, it's just not my favorite.

 

[digitS']

I liked it from the get-go .

I can understand the idea of a "soapy" taste but, then, I probably ate dirt as a little kid .

Try to think of it as a "citrusy" flavor. Maybe that would help .

Steve

 

[farmerlor]

I like it so long as it's not the MAIN taste. I want my salsa to taste like tomatoes and peppers with just a hint of the other seasonings. I like that fresh from the garden "I'm a tomato" taste. Greg is actually mildly allergic to cilantro and it makes him sick.