How do I harvest cilantro?

<Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com> wrote in message
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My seeds really took off! My cilantro is about 5" tall, and getting
bushy. It has full-sized leaves on it.

Do I need to harvest the leaves to keep it growing? If I do want to
take some to eat, do I just snip off individual leaves?

Cilantro is one of those herbs that becomes useless when dried. You always
want to have fresh cilantro growing. So, start a few new seeds every 6 weeks
or so. Snip the leaves as you need them. In hot weather, it'll begin to make
a flower head, at which point the taste changes - this is why you always
want to have more growing.

Doug Kanter said:

Cilantro is one of those herbs that becomes useless when dried. You always
want to have fresh cilantro growing. So, start a few new seeds every 6 weeks
or so. Snip the leaves as you need them. In hot weather, it'll begin to make
a flower head, at which point the taste changes - this is why you always
want to have more growing.

If they do flower and seed, the seeds are excellent when used
fresh. I always let my coriander bolt just for the seeds, and buy
the leaves in the stores.

-sw

Doug Kanter said:

Snip the leaves as you need them.

If I snip leaves, will the plant regrow them? Or do I snip the whole
thing off at the level of the soil?

Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com said:

Doug Kanter said:

Snip the leaves as you need them.

If I snip leaves, will the plant regrow them? Or do I snip the whole
thing off at the level of the soil?

Snip the more mature stems about an inch above the ground, new stems
with leaves will keep emerging.

Doug Kanter said:

<Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

My seeds really took off! My cilantro is about 5" tall, and getting
bushy. It has full-sized leaves on it.

Do I need to harvest the leaves to keep it growing? If I do want to
take some to eat, do I just snip off individual leaves?

Cilantro is one of those herbs that becomes useless when dried. You always
want to have fresh cilantro growing. So, start a few new seeds every 6 weeks
or so. Snip the leaves as you need them. In hot weather, it'll begin to make
a flower head, at which point the taste changes - this is why you always
want to have more growing.

All very true. Also, the leaves have a far more subtle taste than the
stems, which I thing are downright nasty. My only complaint about
peasant Mexican cooking is cilantro stems.

--Bryan

<Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com> wrote in message
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Doug Kanter said:

Snip the leaves as you need them.

If I snip leaves, will the plant regrow them? Or do I snip the whole
thing off at the level of the soil?

As Sheldon said, snip whole stems. Or, if you don't need that much, snip
stems about 1/4" above a place on the stem where leaves grow from. If the
plant's healthy, you'll usually get more growth from the v-shaped spot left.

Quoted message said:

As Sheldon said, snip whole stems.

Thanks. Sheldon's post doesn't show up in my newsreader for some
reason. Had to Google the thread to see it.

<Mitch@this_is_not_a_real_address.com> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

As Sheldon said, snip whole stems.

Thanks. Sheldon's post doesn't show up in my newsreader for some
reason. Had to Google the thread to see it.

No loss. Sheldon only posts when the guards escort him to the prison
library.