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- Makkelijke Moestuin sowing calendar
- Are our seeds organic?
- What are Salanovas?
- What does F1 mean?
- African Marigold: sowing and growing
- Asian salad mix: sowing and growing
- Endive: sowing and growing
- Baby broccoli
- Bush tomato
- Bush basil: sowing and growing
- Beetroot: sowing and growing
- Lente-ui
- Chinese bieslook
- Chioggia beetroot: sowing and growing
- Bindsla
- Boterboon
- Climbing courgette
- Dropplant
- Yellomato: sowing and growing
- Goudsbloem
- Komkommer
- Cilantro: sowing and growing
- Bibb lettuce: sowing and growing
- NZ spinach: sowing and growing
- OI-kers
- Paksoi
- Palmkool
- Peultjes
- Red Crispy lettuce
- Baby pompoen
- Reuzen radijs
- Arugola: sowing and growing
- Snijbiet
- Snijboon
- Bacon bean: sowing and growing
- Spinach
- Stamboon
- Stengelsla
- Sugarsnap
- Veldsla
- Wintererwt
- Winterpostelein
- Wortel
- Paarse wortel
- Zonnebloem
How to sow and grow cilantro
Cilantro has a particular taste. Most people love it in curries and Thai or Indian soups.
In our Makkelijke Moestuin, we grow cilantro for the leaves. But if you let the plants bloom, you can eventually harvest the seeds too.
In our Makkelijke Moestuin, we grow cilantro for the leaves. But if you let the plants bloom, you can eventually harvest the seeds too.
What is cilantro?
Cilantro - or coriander - is an annual herb. The leaves look a little like flat parsley, but a bit rounder.
Cilantro comes from the Middle East near the Mediterranean and is widely used in Eastern and Moroccan cuisine: in stews, soups, or curries with coconut milk.
Everything is edible: the leaves, the white flowers, and the seeds. The seeds taste completely different from the leaves and are used for oriental spice mixes or pickling.
Fresh cilantro is super popular. It has a particular flavor that most people find simply delicious. But about 15% of people say it tastes like soap and can't stand it. It has something to do with your sense of smell.
Cilantro comes from the Middle East near the Mediterranean and is widely used in Eastern and Moroccan cuisine: in stews, soups, or curries with coconut milk.
Everything is edible: the leaves, the white flowers, and the seeds. The seeds taste completely different from the leaves and are used for oriental spice mixes or pickling.
Fresh cilantro is super popular. It has a particular flavor that most people find simply delicious. But about 15% of people say it tastes like soap and can't stand it. It has something to do with your sense of smell.
What's so great about our cilantro?
This cilantro doesn’t flower as quickly as other species. The leaves look kind of like flat parsley, but rounder.
Cilantro is an annual plant. If you sow it every few weeks, you can harvest for a long time.
Like most fresh herbs, Cilantro is super healthy and contains lots of vitamins: vitamin A, various B vitamins (including folic acid), vitamin C, and vitamin E. It’s also rich in iron and magnesium.
Cilantro
Cilantro leaves have a fresh flavor you either love or don't. We love it. It’s often used in curries.
The app instructions help you grow cilantro for the leaves, but if you let the plants bloom, you can eventually harvest the seeds as well.
- Species name: Coriander
- Family: leaf
- Plants per square patch: 9
- Height: 20 cm (flowering: 60 cm)
- Sowing time: April - August
- Sowing depth: 1 cm
- Time to harvest: after 5-6 weeks
- Germination: 15 - 20°C in 7 - 21 days
- Sunlight: sun and partial shade
Want to buy cilantro seeds? We sell seed bags separately, or, you can get them as part of a seed pack:
Hoe zaai en kweek je koriander?
Deze koriander staat in de gratis Makkelijke Moestuin app. Gebruik je die, dan begeleidt hij je van zaadje tot oogst. Elke groente doorloopt namelijk een aantal stadia - wij noemen die levels.
De app vertelt je precies wat je in elk level moet doen en laat je regelmatig checken of je plantjes al ver genoeg zijn om over te gaan naar het volgende level.
Hoe je succesvol koriander kweekt, hoef je dus vooraf niet te weten. Maar als je het leuk vindt om alvast het een en ander te lezen, vertel ik je nu alvast hoe het hele proces eruit ziet.
What do you need to grow your own cilantro?
Just this:
- a 30x30 cm square patch with nutrient-rich soil mix
- cilantro seeds
- a place with at least 6 hours of sunlight a day
In other words: an MM-Mini, or a square patch in a garden box, filled with our soil mix: MM-Mix.
Growing your own cilantro in MM-Mix is super easy. If you use poor-quality (potting) soil, it's much harder and the results will be disappointing. So just go for the best.
Growing your own cilantro in MM-Mix is super easy. If you use poor-quality (potting) soil, it's much harder and the results will be disappointing. So just go for the best.
Level 1: Sowing cilantro
Level 1: Koriander zaaien
Loosen the damp soil mix in a square patch in the 1st or 2nd row of your garden box. Here's how you sow the seeds:
- poke 9 holes in the square patch (1 cm deep max)
- put 2 to 3 seeds in each hole
- carefully cover up the holes with soil mix.
After 5 to 10 days, you'll see your first tiny plants come up. It depends a bit on the weather.
Level 2: Cilantro seedlings
Level 2: Koriander zaailingen
As soon as you see the first seedlings, you know things are going well. They probably won't all come up at once, but give it another few days.
Then it's time for the next level.
Then it's time for the next level.
Level 3: Thinning cilantro
Level 3: Koriander uitdunnen
When several seedlings come up in each hole that you sowed, choose the best ones and remove the rest: that's called thinning out.
It might sound harsh, but it's necessary. The cilantro needs enough room to grow. Your plants will thank you later.
If you see spots where nothing came up, sow a few more seeds.
Note: cilantro can't be transplanted, otherwise it will quickly start to flower.
It might sound harsh, but it's necessary. The cilantro needs enough room to grow. Your plants will thank you later.
If you see spots where nothing came up, sow a few more seeds.
Note: cilantro can't be transplanted, otherwise it will quickly start to flower.
Level 4: Caring for your cilantro plants
Level 4: Verzorging van je koriander plantjes
After 3 weeks or so, your seedlings will become small plants.
At this stage, they don't need much attention. If the weather's dry, give them some water and remove the odd dead or yellow leaf. Easy 🙂
Cilantro plants grow better in cool weather than during hot summers. So, give them some shade in the summer months and keep the soil mix moist. This will also prevent them from flowering too early.
Other than that, growing cilantro is problem-free: even snails leave the plants alone.
At this stage, they don't need much attention. If the weather's dry, give them some water and remove the odd dead or yellow leaf. Easy 🙂
Cilantro plants grow better in cool weather than during hot summers. So, give them some shade in the summer months and keep the soil mix moist. This will also prevent them from flowering too early.
Other than that, growing cilantro is problem-free: even snails leave the plants alone.
Level 5: Picking and harvesting
Level 5: plukken en oogsten
After about 5 - 6 weeks, the first cilantro leaves are ready to harvest.
Cut or pick the leaves. As long as you leave a centimeter of each stem, new leaves will grow from them.
That's how you keep harvesting for a long time. If the plants do bloom, try the flowers: they're edible too.
Cut or pick the leaves. As long as you leave a centimeter of each stem, new leaves will grow from them.
That's how you keep harvesting for a long time. If the plants do bloom, try the flowers: they're edible too.
What do you use cilantro for?
Fresh cilantro leaves have a strong smell and a mildly sweet flavor, kind of like aniseed. Try a leaf before you cook with it.
You can use cilantro in salads and sauces, stews, chicken dishes. It's great for Indian, Moroccan, and Thai cuisine.
You can even make dips with it.
The last levels: harvesting until the plants start to flower
De volgende levels
If you cut off just the leaves every time, and leave the center of the plant, new leaves will grow.
Remove the plants when they start to flower. Then sow again in another square patch.
Remove the plants when they start to flower. Then sow again in another square patch.
So: what's keeping you from growing cilantro yourself?
It's easy to grow, doesn't need a lot of attention, and if you love it, you can use it in a lot of different dishes.
Plus: with our app and materials, it's pretty much impossible to fail 😉
Order your cilantro seeds here or get started with a complete starter kit:
Plus: with our app and materials, it's pretty much impossible to fail 😉
Order your cilantro seeds here or get started with a complete starter kit:
Enjoy!
PS: Thanks to Lieve Lente, Firsttimegardener en Fimmes for their photos and posts on our Dutch community.
About our seeds
- All seeds
- Makkelijke Moestuin sowing calendar
- Are our seeds organic?
- What are Salanovas?
- What does F1 mean?
- African Marigold: sowing and growing
- Asian salad mix: sowing and growing
- Endive: sowing and growing
- Baby broccoli
- Bush tomato
- Bush basil: sowing and growing
- Beetroot: sowing and growing
- Lente-ui
- Chinese bieslook
- Chioggia beetroot: sowing and growing
- Bindsla
- Boterboon
- Climbing courgette
- Dropplant
- Yellomato: sowing and growing
- Goudsbloem
- Komkommer
- Cilantro: sowing and growing
- Bibb lettuce: sowing and growing
- NZ spinach: sowing and growing
- OI-kers
- Paksoi
- Palmkool
- Peultjes
- Red Crispy lettuce
- Baby pompoen
- Reuzen radijs
- Arugola: sowing and growing
- Snijbiet
- Snijboon
- Bacon bean: sowing and growing
- Spinach
- Stamboon
- Stengelsla
- Sugarsnap
- Veldsla
- Wintererwt
- Winterpostelein
- Wortel
- Paarse wortel
- Zonnebloem