Description
Cilantro is a popular flavor in many Hispanic dishes. It’s light fresh flavor complements salsas, marinades, and much more. Santo is particularly prized for it’s slow-to-bolt quality as well as prime flavor.
How To Grow:
Does best directly sown, but can be started early 3-5 weeks before last frost. Plants prefer cool roots and perform best in light shade in hot climates. Plants can bolt quickly as weather warms in hotter zones – succession planting every two weeks will extend the harvesting season. Remove plants as they bolt, or leave them to seed. Collect the dried seed as Coriander spice.
Plant Type: Annual
Height: 18”
Site: Sun/Part Sun
Days to maturity: 25-35 Days
Plant spacing: 6-8 inches