Pricking out and transplanting Cilantro in the garden bed
Just as the overwintered cilantro in the greenhouse is bolting and we are making last harvests from their leaves, the late winter direct seeded cilantro is starting to pick up in its growth.
I sowed this bed with cilantro pretty thickly, but it didn't germinate evenly. As you can see in the photo below the cilantro came up pretty well in 2/3 of the bed while 1/3 of the bed was pretty sparse with cilantro seedlings. I am growing the coriander for a seed crop and its important to me to get a good seed crop.
So I set out to redistribute and space out the cilantro by picking out clusters of coriander seedlings that are spaced too close together and replant them throughout the bed. I did this toward the evening when it had cooled down and I also pre-soaked the bed with water to minimize transplant shock.
Above, you can see the cilantro sprouts that I had gently dug up from one side of the bed, teased apart and ready to plant.
This is what the bed looks like after I had finished transplanting... ahh very organized and ready for even growth!
As it turns out the cilantro handles the transplanting very well and the next day they were just as perky even though it was a warm day. This leads me to think that I could easily start cilantro in the greenhouse and transplant out when they have a few leaves to give them a head start.
@bobydimitrov confirmed that suspicion in the @homesteaderscoop discord room when he shared that his family always transplants their cilantro and that they do quite well!
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Cilantro 💚
The first time i experienced it was when i was harvesting it from a farm in Topezco, Costa Rica. From a steep hillside row. We cut & bundled little bundles for sale in a nearby market.
I was fascinated my it's spanish name. And, was introduced to it in Spanish. I'd never known of it previously! Such a lovely & blessed plant 🙏
All of the plants in that farm were started one seed at a time in the green house. I planted cilantro seeds at one point too.
I love how they grow back even in our climate. It's so wonderful.
Your cilantro patch is coming along so well! You'll have a lot of viable seed this season. I was shocked how many seeds one plant produced in my garden! It was about a quarter cup! And, i left about 1/4 of the seeds on the plant! Amazing! #foodisfree
That is a nice story - what a wonderful experience you had in Costa Rica! We are starting all our veggies from seed this year also. It is so rewarding to start from seed and then see the abundance of seeds that are produced - that is so true!
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I love cilantro and salsa, and for some reason haven't started any seeds this year. I just forgot in the chaos of getting seeds going. Just just looking at this patch has me dreaming, we are weeks behind you on the gardening front! Such abundance there! I do the same thing but with carrots and beets. I just can't thin out without at least trying to transplant them. It works with at least half of them and gives me a much valued head start.
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Mmm salsa... you are getting me excited about tomato season :) Interesting, I have never transplanted carrots but I just transplanted Arrowleaf Basalmroot, another taproot and its doing great- will keep that in mind for carrots :)
i love eating and growing cilantro. thanks for sharing. :)
Very nice patch you have there!
Nice hori hori also :-)
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Thank you very much :) I love the hori hori - it was a thoughtful gift from a good friend.
I have the hardest time getting cilantro to grow in plentiful amounts. Why do I have such an aversion to pricking my young seedlings?
I don't know if this is what you are experiencing but when I first started growing cilantro I grew it in the spring and I didn't get many leaves before it went to seed. Then I learned from reading Eliott Coleman that it is a cold weather plant so I grew it in the fall and winter in a greenhouse and got the most cilantro greens I have ever seen!
Can you make some book recommendations for someone interested in learning more about diverse gardening methods for growing various edible plants and fruits? I love to explore how people garden differently in various climates around the world, and methods that need to be rediscovered from historical times. Maybe I can find something like that in the library.
It is good to be aware of all the different gardening sciences and methods (botany, horticulture, farming, watershed studies, hugelkulture, back to eden, hydroponics, permaculture, aquaponics, composting, square foot gardening, keyhole beds, etc.) in order to well-versed in growing plants to achieve specific goals.
That's a good question. I am not sure about any specific books that cover really diverse gardening methods... but I can share two books that really influenced my own thinking and style of gardening:
Both books have led me down a path of letting go of my desire to control nature and control my garden. Ultimately I still exercise a lot of control, but now I allow more room for chaos.
I am definitely an advocate of perennial and polycultures because they can lend us to a more horticultural approach to gardening rather than an agricultural approach. I don't know a lot about historical methods and have only picked up bits here and there... I do agree that it would be interesting to learn more there!