Cilantro

Germinates in: 7-10 days. First harvest: 40 to 50 days. Second harvest: around 70 days.

Cilantro seeds will germinate a few days after your basil seeds. Cilantro is known as a spring or fall crop that enjoys cooler (but not too cold!) weather, but don’t worry, we’ve chosen this variety because of its slowness to bolt or flower in heat.

This variety is for cilantro leaf harvests and not coriander seed harvests. We recommend harvesting the entire pods about 1-2 inches above the growing point after 30 days and one more harvest after 60 days. If it bolts, harvest the entire pod and enjoy your harvest! Do not cook as flavour will be lost, add fresh to salad, soups and curries!

Cilantro contains lots of vitamins C, A, and K with trace amounts of riboflavin, vitamin B6, folate, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and manganese.

For the small percentage of people who think cilantro tastes like soap, they have a genetic variation that allows them to strongly perceive the soapy flavour, called “aldehydes”, in the leaves. With repeated exposure, this can go away!