Cilantro seeds (slow bolt)
Cilantro is an extremely popular herb used in Thai, Latin, Indian, and Vietnamese cuisine. If there is a recipe that requires cilantro and you don't have it, everyone knows it's not worth making as cilantro has a unique flavor that makes any dish.
Be it Latin salsas, Thai Tom Kha Gai, or Indian Chicken makhani, cilantro is a versatile ingredient that acts as scaffolding tying ingredients together to complete a dish. This variety of cilantro is slow bolting. For those who may not be familiar, bolting is the act of a plant growing upwards and sprouting blooms in preparation to produce seed. At first, this sounds like a good thing but hear me out. Bolting can change the flavor of a plant and not for the better. When lettuce bolts, for example, the leaves and stems become extremely bitter. When a plant bolts it will stop producing vegetation and focus on bloom and seed production. With this variety of cilantro, the bolting has been slowed to allow you a longer harvest of cilantro.
Seed count: 100 seeds
Botanic name:
Coriandrum sativum
Plant spacing:
2" apart
Color:
Light green stems, dark green leaves
Sowing depth:
1/4 inch
Sun requirements:
Full sun / part shade
Utilization:
Ethnic dishes, garnish, blended in sauces, mixed in home made dressings, sprinkled in salads latin dishes.
Frost Hardy:
Yes
Maturity days:
50 days
Life cycle:
Annual
Can I start indoors:
Yes
Container friendly:
Yes
Other names:
Coriander
