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Old June 9, 2014   #22
ddsack
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Cilantro has a fairly short life cycle and the ferny leaves indicate it is ready to go to seed. Picking them off may "hold" the older leaves for you a short while, but any new leaves will continue to be seed leaves. The best way to keep cilantro around is to keep doing successive new seedings all summer. It really is frustrating to coordinate cilantro with ripe tomatoes, because the cilantro seems to grow best in the cooler weather of early summer. I end up pulling up the entire plant, washing and drying it, then freezing it whole, then putting it in a plastic bag and crushing the leaves and stems to crumble them for later use. Pick out the stem pieces you don't want to use.
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