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anybody grow celantro?is that something that can be brought in each fall and continue to grow or does it need to be replanted each spring/summer??

I planted cilantro inside a few weeks ago and it's doing nicely. I brought in potted parsley about the 1st of October. It's become a bit leggy but still useful. However, cilantro is an annual, whereas parsley s a biennial. Outside, cilantro would need to be replanted every year. I think that if you brought it in (if it were in a pot already) it would continue to grow through fall and winter into spring, as long as it didn't go to seed. (This would be o.k., though. Cilantro seed is the spice, coriander.)

My thoughts above are a bit jumbled, but I hope they help.

Marica

I grow cilantro here, treegrower.
it grows best in fall and winter here in the warmer part of the country. it can take temps down to 10 degrees F. mine die out and go to seed in the summer.

My parsley and celery are doing great outside yet.. I chop my all the time and dry it in the microwave for winter...........Brussel sprouts are out there doing well tooo.

It comes back in the milder winters..

I find if it is left in a patch it reseeds here and grows again each spring.

Is it possible to grow cilantro from coriander found in a spice rack?

I doubt it, but you could try.. What have you to loose?

Probably dried and treated .

Indian and south-east Asian food stores stock whole coriander seed (aka Cilantro) in bulk and it grows easily from this- you can have a whole lawn of it this way for next to nothing.

Enrique, I just noticed your new avitar. way cool!
I may have some cilantro seeds if your interested. If I don't, I"m sure there are plenty of others that do. it is SO easy to grow! I have cilantro coming up all outside my garden that I need to transplant IN the garden. I used to just use it for salsa, but now I use it on all kinds of meats and in stews, and veggies.

Right now it's cilantro growing season in my part of California.

I AM IN MID CENTRAL MO. I HAVE A 2FT BY 4FT RAISED BED THAT I GROW CILANTRO IN. ALL I DID TO START 2 YEARS AGO WAS TO MAKE AND FILL THE BED. SPRINKLED seed ON TOP, SCRATCHED COVERED AND WAT\ITED, NOT TO LONG EITHER. THAT FALL AFTER FREEZE I MULCHED WITH 3TO 4 INCHES OF STRAW AFTER PUSHING ALL THE FROZEN PLANTS ONTO THE GROUND. STUFF RESEEDED AND WHEN MULCH CAME OFF IN APRIL CILANTRO FOLLOWED WITHIN JUST A FEW DAYS. BED IS STILL GOING STRONG.

Sounds like a winner .. there
Garden bob.. post where you hail from on your page here.
GIves us a better idea of the zone your in an if we can do it.

Thanks both of you .

Wish I liked those