question about growing cilantro

The seeds in your spice rack may or may not germinate depending on age and how they were stored. But the flowers on your bolted plants will soon form seeds. Plant those. One trick I use for planting all seeds is to soak them in a seaweed solution for 2 days. It re-hydrates the seed and some even start growing the the solution. I use Maxicrop Seaweed from Lowes. Mix it with water. I also use it to soak new transplant roots before planting and water all my veggies once every 10 days or so.



ETA: Cilantro bolts above 75 deg. I doubt you'll ever get a good crop this time of year. Broccoli is like that too. Mine bolted in February due to the warm winter. But you can eat all parts of the cilantro plant including the roots.

thanks for the replies. i might try to germinate a couple of dried seeds while i wait for my plants to produce them and see what happens. i love eating cilantro this time of year so i was disappointed when i read about them bolting in the heat. but i did read that you have to continuously grow them from seed to be able to pull it off. they grow cilantro leaves for a couple of weeks and then you harvest it and start over. dont think youll ever get big plants or anything. but its better than nothing

I gave up trying to grow cilantro when it was more annoying than paying $0.50 for a bundle at the store, and that bundle will last 7-10 days

Try growing its cousin culantro, I stumbled upon this a couple years ago in costa rica and it is more apt to grow in the heat. The taste is also a little stronger. I've purchased a couple of packets of seeds, but I've yet to be very successful in getting it to grow.