Cilantro is a herb that you either love or hate. It is actually in your DNA, some people have a gene that determines if cilantro tastes like soap to you.
Even though you may love some Cilantro in your Pico de Gallo or salsa, it is actually a cool season crop. Even the slow bolting varieties of cilantro tend to bolt or go to seed quickly so the best way to ensure that you have cilantro when you want it is to plant it in succession every 2-4 weeks or whatever works best for you.
When your cilantro does bolt, you have the option so save the seeds. Cilantro is actually a two for one herb because the seeds are also known as coriander. When your cilantro goes to seed, it will grow taller and eventually produce flowers that your local pollinators will love. Once the seeds have been pollinated, the flowers will close and start to form a green ball, one per flower. These green balls are young seeds. To collect your seeds you will want to wait until the seeds have started to dry and turn brown. You can collect them individually or wait until the whole stem or plant is ready, but if you wait too long you may loose them, so watch carefully.
You’ll want to store your seeds in a cool dry place until you are ready to plant them.
If you would like to purchase some of the seeds I’ve collected today, you can do so on my Etsy shop or on my website circle city seed.com.
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Happy seed saving.