The plant that probably plagues more gardeners than I can count and I would

include myself in that at sometimes is cilantro also known as coriander. They come from the same plant. If you didn't know that, now you do.

Soontro we refer to as the leaves of the plant. Coriander is the dried seed that you'll

oftentimes grind up and use as a spice.

It's the same plant. Coriandrum sativum. That's what we're talking about today.

Now, why is it a plant that gives people trouble? Well number one, the time you

want to eat it most of the time is summer. That's not a time it tends to do that well

which is kind of annoying so that's what we're talking about today.

How do we actually grow cilantro effectively?

It really is a staple in a ton of cuisines around the world.

Mexican and Thai being the top two and also two of my

absolute favorites and so it's going to be a big feature and if you're

listening to this podcast at time of release get some coriander or

cilantro in the ground right now because you can do a

really nice crop of it in the fall. It only takes a single look at

cilantro to know that it is in the same family as carrots and parsley the leaf

structure really gives it away. Atop each stem you've got that feathery fern-like

leaf that's what we like to munch on when we're talking about cilantro and then the lower leaves are a little more rounded out than the top ones.

Now in the heat of the summer what happens?

It starts to bolt.

It starts to produce white and pink flowers now again it's not a total

loss because you can let it go to seed and then save the coriander seeds dry them and use them

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