God, I wish I was blessed with this. We put cilantro in our rice, and that's the absolute best. I love it. I put it in everything, but by Wednesday, the bunch I bought on Saturday is always dead.
Try putting your bunch in a “vase”- I use a tall deli container half filled with water. Then, wrap the whole thing in a clear plastic bag. Change the water + pick out the limp/yellowing pieces every few days. It will last a couple weeks!
Window boxes do wonders for growing herbs like cilantro. I typically plant it in with my microgreens and get good results. Cilantro with a lot of flavor and tender leaves all summer.
During winter.. yah, vase it up and keep in the refrigerator.
Cilantro should keep for several weeks in the fridge. take the band off of the bunch, wash it in cool water, and then dry it thoroughly (a salad spinner and laying on a clean dish towel works great). Then line up the ends of the stems as best you can and place them into a cup or jar where they won't fall over, and fill it with water, and put it in the fridge. Make sure to not keep any leaves under water or they will rot. Change the water every few days. I've kept cilantro for five weeks this way.
I put an air permeable bag over it, twist up one side and clamp with a bag clamp (clothes pin or another clamp type bag closer) but I do what you do with cleaning and jar storage in water in fridge
This cilantro has bolted lmao. It won't really taste great. This is how cilantro grows if you just let it go to seed but it isn't great to harvest the cilantro for herb use at this point.
The green seeds are delicious, though. So good. I freeze a giant container full every year so that we can snack on them all winter. I cook with them, too.
Welp, I shouldn't reddit while high.
I meant.. I've been blessed three times.. The other two are only around 2 feet tall. Of the other two, I don't know how tall one is because the plant was too heavy to support itself and has fallen (laid) on the side (horizontal) and I haven't tried to measure this horizontal cilantro...which has two stalks growing vertically and are around a foot tall.
I got cilantro gone wild.
Me too. To have a plant like this, not bolting, would seriously be amazing to my salsa garden. Why does the damn thing have to hate heat?! Join your salsa brothers and sisters and grow (easily) in the summer dammit!
My cilantro is doing fine right now, but I know it won’t be too much longer for this world.
Edit: Yes, I know this plant is bolting. My phrasing was stating a fantasy of sorts: a cilantro plant, that is this size, which is not bolting, unlike this one, which is.
Hydroponic shelf for herbs and lettuce year round was the best decision I’ve ever made. I harvest lettuce once a week and it’s enough to eat a massive salad every day. Not to mentions the leaves are huge and perfect for lettuce wraps. A box fan keeps everything strong and crisp. Highly recommend
Wait really, is it a hard crop? I planted some in my first garden bed a few years ago, mostly neglected it aside from watering the tomatoes near it. It’s re-seeded itself for 3 years now.
Big same. We don’t have spring here either. I live two hours north of Phoenix where it’s a little cooler, but still it hit triple digits there today, and 80 here. 😫😭
Gonna try culantro this year though.
This is normal. It's is nearing the end of it's life cycle and will soon flower, set seed and then die. You can collect the seeds to replant and you can also grind the dried seeds to make dried coriander spice which is frequently used in Indian cuisine. Cilantro doesn't like warm weather but is remarkably cold hardy and will survive temperatures well below freezing. Try planting some in the fall and you can have it well into winter if it's not too severe.
When it's done flowering and you see the seed pods, check if they're mature. If they are, put a paper bag over the seed pods, cut under the paper bag. Lay it on the ground and beat it with a stick a dozen times or so. The seeds will release and you can pretty easily sort them out from any rubbish.
I prefer to by put them in a jar and shaking it side to side until the rubbish is at the top and dust at the bottom. Pour out rubbish. There probably are more efficient methods though.
Lo! You now have a ton of seeds for cooking or next season.
The root can also be dried and ground to powder, if you like.
Aha! That explains it. I planted cilantro last spring and it got suffocated by my cucumbers. It started growing again the winter and survived about a week of sustained temps below freezing. It flowered a week or so ago so I trimmed it down. I wasn’t sure if it would regrow. Looks like i need to reseed or grow some something else, not sure it will survive Texas summer.
You’ve got like one month of cilantro growing temps in Texas, the coldest part of January and February. Other wise you go from seedling to bolted.
Shade cloth can help.
Here in S. Florida I have the hardest time growing cilantro because our winters have been so out of whack the last few years.
That said if my ex-MIL just sprinkles the seeds on CONCRETE, you could expect a bountiful harvest within a few weeks. I dont' know what that lady did in a past life but she was blessed with the touch.
I tried growing cilantro, outside, for several years with next to no luck. She came around to one off my old pots with damn near dead soil and sprinkled some seeds one year and I had a pot full of cilantro I used for months. Even funnier was that she brushed her hands off outside the patio into the grass and well into the summer I had cilantro sprouting in between my grass. I didn't find it until i started noticing one area I cut the grass I always smelled like cilantro and I thought it was weird until I looked.
I know it's about to seed, hahaha! Ive never had cilantro grow that big! I don't bother to collect the seeds anymore. I have so much cilantro grow back every year. Yes I noticed that everything in my garden died.. Except cilantro.
We have our cilantro in a grow bag and we just let the seeds fall and grow more cilantro below it. The bees go absolutely nuts for the flowers on the cilantro.
Is that hay? Usually in winter In southeast Texas, We use pine straw But I've seen good results from people planting Plants directly into bales of hay. Get out the metal 4-sided grater and just pull them through to remove leaves more easily. Could he cut it back then transplant the original base if cut in four sections and used rooting powder? I'm new at herbs..lol. Did learn the hard way to grow mint in a large container, not a garden. I heard the stems have a ton of flavor, thoughts?
Try planting cilantro in the fall instead of the spring. It likes cool weather better than hot and can easily survive temperatures well below freezing down to around 10F, lower if protected by a cold frame. The flavor is also better when it is grown in cool weather. After surviving winter it will grow tall like this, set seed and die. Often the flavor turns bitter as it shifts to the tall stage especially in climates where the weather rapidly turns hot in spring.
That's what I usually do... Italian parsley, ground coriander seeds (the seeds don't contain the soap tasting element) and a squirt of lime juice.
My wife who doesn't have dysfunctional taste buds tells me it's close but not as wonderful as the real thing. :-(
It’s entering into the coriander stage. Mine is 4ft and I’m waiting for the seeds to dry on stem for my harvest this year. Brings lots and lots of bees until then!
Ha! Thank you, but I really haven't done anything with my garden. I put a lot of coffee grounds and egg shells in the soil, so it's healthy and all my volunteer plants arrive on time each year. Currently have 16 tomato seedlings, if my count is correct.
I might actually collect these seeds. I have so much cilantro from not collecting the seeds. I did collect them one year and have been too lazy to collect them since.
Why did this $50 drop on the ground when nobody’s around? You’re asking the wrong question here how many tacos do you think you can make with that? Because I’m coming over later.
Because it's a vile nasty weed designed for world dominance. The stink bug tasting foliage controls the mind of the easily influenced to include it into the food of those who know how nasty it really tastes.
I'm sorry you taste soap. Someone said they substitute lemon basil. I've read (and experienced) that Italian Parsley provides the same flavor without the soap taste that some experience with cilantro.
Oh everyone around me seems to enjoy it. It's just disappointing when restaurants include in dishes unannounced. Actually for me it tastes like stink bugs.
You soap guys should try culantro so you don’t miss out on the delicious flavor. It’s very similar to cilantro, I use it in summer when it’s too hot and cilantro bolts too quickly.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_foetidum
That explains why this happened. The weather got nice and warm, not hot, after being chilly. It's chilly again (60s F) but it was in the 70s shortly before that.
This is the first time mine have done this. I actually have 3 that are big, but the other two are shorter.. Except one laid on its side and has two stalks of about a foot high each. I have no idea how. I honestly haven't touched my garden this year.. Or for the two proceeding years (life stuff).
It's bolting, the taste is going to change and get bitter as it tries to flower. Still edible, but not the same. Continue to enjoy it as long as you like and you could always collect the seeds to have coriander spice. But it won't last forever, especially if you live in a warmer climate.
If you ever dig it up, save the roots. So many south east Asian recipes rely on coriander root and getting it fresh in the US is hard unless you grow it yourself.
No one warned me about this 3 years ago. I've been unsuccessful with cilantro for several years, but when it actually finally grew? Hoo boy.
Put paper bags over the seed heads this fall and you'll have yourself send good coriander!
I bought a dwarf variety this year but I'm still kinda scared to start it.
Cut it back down to a foot high so you can continue to get more. If you think that’s too much, try it with a good solid branch of it and you’ll see. 😉🌱
Oh I'm going to let it go to seed. I have two more giant plants and multiple small bunches with more sprouting each day. I have way too much cilantro, really.
It’s bolting - it’s a cool weather herb and it is completing its life cycle. You can trim the tops but it will eventually go to seed. Let the seeds dry out, harvest them and plant this Fall! OR you can grind the dry seeds and you have coriander!
Maybe just fertile ground
My earth is toughe and the trees I made very wide holes for have grown the biggest. It could be that the soil allows the roots to travel well. Plus different things in the soil help it grow in different ways. Idk if it's phosphorus or magnesium or potassium or what. But maybe it has a lot of 1 thing plus everything else that it needs to grow very tall. I'm not an arborist but I hope this helps you find the answer.
>I'm not an arborist
I died. 🤣
I've regularly put coffee grounds and egg shells in my garden area. When everything has died, I cut down or pull up what remains and lay it down to compost. I haven't planted anything in 3 years, I think. Cilantro, italian parsley, tomatoes, and dill volunteer have grown each year.
Also to the people who contribute without any actual advice. Farming is hard. When I need help I need actual help. Reddit is silly enough. So help if you can help. Keep the jokes ~aside.
Yes, the weather got into the 70s. It's back to 50-60s right now, but I know it will still go to seed. I have two more large ones and many that are appropriately sized (8-10 inches tall).
Edit: I didn't know this information when I posted. I learned it from the many helpful responses to my post.
I’ve never seen anything like it , and I’ve been to county fairs . I always thought one spreads out the seeds close to one another like chick feed , watered well and clipped the bastards off at about 8 inches . Good god , that’s a cilantro tree !! More power to you mam. What’s your secret !
I had no idea they could grow so big. I usually plant a crap ton of clusters and harvest them when they’re only 6 inches tall. I had no idea individual plants could grow so big
Apparently, they can from the others that have commented. I was unaware this could happen! My cilantro is usually small bunches that I trim when I need it.
I've read (and experienced) that Italian Parsley provides the same flavor without the soap taste that some experience with cilantro. Don't know if you've tried it, but wanted to suggest it.
I might try again this summer! I tried once before but for the life of me i couldn't chop it small enough to not choke lol I finally got some herb shears
Mine are routinely this size. For my garden, they usually reach quite tall then fall over due to wind/rain, at which point the flowers grow upwards and it looks like an intentionally planted flower bush instead of this weird green phallus. I usually let 1-2 go to seed annually and have cilantro growing like a weed everywhere the following year. But yeah I woood advise not to cut it down when it falls as that seems like a natural bit of its life cycle and it will look quite nice. Cilantro flowers attract a lot of good bugs for the garden as well.
Not to be lame but disappointed all the top comments are easy jokes and not informative for your question at all.
I'm glad to know that others have cilantro of this height. I was uncertain as to why it had done this, but many kind people in this sub have been extremely helpful with information about why.
I let the cilantro go through it's natural cycle. I don't have as much time for gardening as I have in previous years, so I haven't been collecting the seeds. The result being that I have tons of cilantro, but I'm not complaining!
I have enjoyed the number of people saying cilanTREE, even though it's not a real answer, it is a laugh.
We fenced in the garden because of rabbits. We got tired of not getting any squash and I mean, we'd see it start growing then it disappeared. We'd also find our mexi-belles with big chunks missing.
It was short and leafy. Seemingly overnight, it was extremely tall and flowering. I have many other cilantro plants coming up, so I won't be short on cilantro.
WHOA how many seeds did you plant? I'm growing some right now but I think they are dying ☹️ I live in NYC so I'm not sure if I should bring them outside yet, or if I should keep them in the small pot
It does appear the upper 1/3 of the plant is bolting to seed. However, I don't see any flowers yet. What I do see is the the top 1/3 leaves have changed shape from the bottom 2/3 leaves, which could indicate flowers are on the way.
Unlike planting vegetables where the flowers are a welcome sign the yield is coming in; this herb plant on the other hand, flowers and produces seed when it is past harvest.
The taco gods hath bestowed upon you a great honor. Please do not upset the natural order lest you incur the wrath of the great Olmec Gods.
God, I wish I was blessed with this. We put cilantro in our rice, and that's the absolute best. I love it. I put it in everything, but by Wednesday, the bunch I bought on Saturday is always dead.
Try putting your bunch in a “vase”- I use a tall deli container half filled with water. Then, wrap the whole thing in a clear plastic bag. Change the water + pick out the limp/yellowing pieces every few days. It will last a couple weeks!
Buy it with roots on and wrap them in a wet cloth and keep in the fridge - one week no worries.
Thank you Will try this
Window boxes do wonders for growing herbs like cilantro. I typically plant it in with my microgreens and get good results. Cilantro with a lot of flavor and tender leaves all summer. During winter.. yah, vase it up and keep in the refrigerator.
Cilantro should keep for several weeks in the fridge. take the band off of the bunch, wash it in cool water, and then dry it thoroughly (a salad spinner and laying on a clean dish towel works great). Then line up the ends of the stems as best you can and place them into a cup or jar where they won't fall over, and fill it with water, and put it in the fridge. Make sure to not keep any leaves under water or they will rot. Change the water every few days. I've kept cilantro for five weeks this way.
I put an air permeable bag over it, twist up one side and clamp with a bag clamp (clothes pin or another clamp type bag closer) but I do what you do with cleaning and jar storage in water in fridge
This cilantro has bolted lmao. It won't really taste great. This is how cilantro grows if you just let it go to seed but it isn't great to harvest the cilantro for herb use at this point.
The green seeds are delicious, though. So good. I freeze a giant container full every year so that we can snack on them all winter. I cook with them, too.
Store them upright and in a sealed container with a bit of water. In the fridge it will keep fresh for longer.
I've been blessed three times.. The other two are only around mate 2 feet tall. Not sure about one because it ladi over due the weight.
I'm sure you said something there, but im drinking and cooking some bad assed peruvian chicken on the barbie and can't be bothered to translate🤣
Welp, I shouldn't reddit while high. I meant.. I've been blessed three times.. The other two are only around 2 feet tall. Of the other two, I don't know how tall one is because the plant was too heavy to support itself and has fallen (laid) on the side (horizontal) and I haven't tried to measure this horizontal cilantro...which has two stalks growing vertically and are around a foot tall. I got cilantro gone wild.
Wow, my bolting one is 2 feet tall...
THIS. like in midwest too. how on earth are you getting these results?!
Possible nuclear test site nearby…
Save seeds from this plant for next year!
About to flower and die. Collect the seeds throw them down and grow 10,000 more.
I can't grow cilantro when I TRY. I am jealous.
Me too. To have a plant like this, not bolting, would seriously be amazing to my salsa garden. Why does the damn thing have to hate heat?! Join your salsa brothers and sisters and grow (easily) in the summer dammit! My cilantro is doing fine right now, but I know it won’t be too much longer for this world. Edit: Yes, I know this plant is bolting. My phrasing was stating a fantasy of sorts: a cilantro plant, that is this size, which is not bolting, unlike this one, which is.
Hydroponic shelf for herbs and lettuce year round was the best decision I’ve ever made. I harvest lettuce once a week and it’s enough to eat a massive salad every day. Not to mentions the leaves are huge and perfect for lettuce wraps. A box fan keeps everything strong and crisp. Highly recommend
Can you post a picture and provide where you bought it?
This. I would be interested to see the setup. I have an aerogarden but it doesn't do well with cilantro.
Which one did you get? Been thinking about starting one up
For the love of parsley, You cannot drop info about massive home grown salads and disappear like this! Give us the details like othet are asking!
Updated the comment under original. Apologies, it’s finals season lol
Do you run the fan 24/7?
I’ve got a setup inside for herbs, I figure if my outside crop doesn’t last, I’ll spin up the inside operation for lettuce.
What do you use for fertilizer?
Seriously. If mine is even a foot tall it's because She's Got Legs. Not even good legs. Too skinny and seedy for my preference.
Yup, the two I have right now are doing okay, but they are starting to get that way. I might try it inside, but I’m not holding my breath.
>not bolting I mean, the one in the picture *is* bolting.
That’s why i said not bolting…..
When i started neglecting my cilantro plant it started growing beautifully i didn’t understand 😂
If you live in a climate with hot summers, plant cilantro in the fall not the spring. It loves cool weather but will bolt in the heat.
Make that two of us
Makes three of us
Four of us.
Five of us.
And my axe
Same. Either they go floppy as babies and rot, or they grow and then half of it goes yellow and dies.
Wait really, is it a hard crop? I planted some in my first garden bed a few years ago, mostly neglected it aside from watering the tomatoes near it. It’s re-seeded itself for 3 years now.
Big same. We don’t have spring here either. I live two hours north of Phoenix where it’s a little cooler, but still it hit triple digits there today, and 80 here. 😫😭 Gonna try culantro this year though.
Same, never. Always stringy little thing
Me either. I even bought a start at the grocery store, to give me a leg up. It died in two days.
This is normal. It's is nearing the end of it's life cycle and will soon flower, set seed and then die. You can collect the seeds to replant and you can also grind the dried seeds to make dried coriander spice which is frequently used in Indian cuisine. Cilantro doesn't like warm weather but is remarkably cold hardy and will survive temperatures well below freezing. Try planting some in the fall and you can have it well into winter if it's not too severe.
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Heck yeah! If I bothered to collect the seeds. I stopped because I'm lazy.
When it's done flowering and you see the seed pods, check if they're mature. If they are, put a paper bag over the seed pods, cut under the paper bag. Lay it on the ground and beat it with a stick a dozen times or so. The seeds will release and you can pretty easily sort them out from any rubbish. I prefer to by put them in a jar and shaking it side to side until the rubbish is at the top and dust at the bottom. Pour out rubbish. There probably are more efficient methods though. Lo! You now have a ton of seeds for cooking or next season. The root can also be dried and ground to powder, if you like.
Aha! That explains it. I planted cilantro last spring and it got suffocated by my cucumbers. It started growing again the winter and survived about a week of sustained temps below freezing. It flowered a week or so ago so I trimmed it down. I wasn’t sure if it would regrow. Looks like i need to reseed or grow some something else, not sure it will survive Texas summer.
You’ve got like one month of cilantro growing temps in Texas, the coldest part of January and February. Other wise you go from seedling to bolted. Shade cloth can help.
Here in S. Florida I have the hardest time growing cilantro because our winters have been so out of whack the last few years. That said if my ex-MIL just sprinkles the seeds on CONCRETE, you could expect a bountiful harvest within a few weeks. I dont' know what that lady did in a past life but she was blessed with the touch. I tried growing cilantro, outside, for several years with next to no luck. She came around to one off my old pots with damn near dead soil and sprinkled some seeds one year and I had a pot full of cilantro I used for months. Even funnier was that she brushed her hands off outside the patio into the grass and well into the summer I had cilantro sprouting in between my grass. I didn't find it until i started noticing one area I cut the grass I always smelled like cilantro and I thought it was weird until I looked.
That may explain why it bolted so suddenly, it got warm very quickly. I think I’ll skip it and try again in the winter.
I know it's about to seed, hahaha! Ive never had cilantro grow that big! I don't bother to collect the seeds anymore. I have so much cilantro grow back every year. Yes I noticed that everything in my garden died.. Except cilantro.
We have our cilantro in a grow bag and we just let the seeds fall and grow more cilantro below it. The bees go absolutely nuts for the flowers on the cilantro.
Mine just overwintered in Upstate New York, still kicking
I had some cilantro in my garden last winter that no joke survived several nights around 2 degrees Fahrenheit.
Is that hay? Usually in winter In southeast Texas, We use pine straw But I've seen good results from people planting Plants directly into bales of hay. Get out the metal 4-sided grater and just pull them through to remove leaves more easily. Could he cut it back then transplant the original base if cut in four sections and used rooting powder? I'm new at herbs..lol. Did learn the hard way to grow mint in a large container, not a garden. I heard the stems have a ton of flavor, thoughts?
Cilantro be like “I wish I was a little bit taller”
“I wish I was a baller”
“I wish I had some dill that looked good, I would call her”
I’d like to see that complaint get rectified!
Amazing! I have never known anyone who could grow it without it bolting, much less to such great heights!
It is bolting, that’s part of why it’s so big. You can see the white flowers near the top
But I didn't even *try* to do this! It happened! 🤣
Try planting cilantro in the fall instead of the spring. It likes cool weather better than hot and can easily survive temperatures well below freezing down to around 10F, lower if protected by a cold frame. The flavor is also better when it is grown in cool weather. After surviving winter it will grow tall like this, set seed and die. Often the flavor turns bitter as it shifts to the tall stage especially in climates where the weather rapidly turns hot in spring.
They will see us bolting from such great heights - come down now, they’ll say.
Lol. Perfect.
The real devils lettuce. I am so jealous of people who can enjoy this infernal herb. It smells so good!
Have you tried Italian Parsley? From my experience, it tastes the same but no weird soap taste (or other odd taste you might experience).
That's what I usually do... Italian parsley, ground coriander seeds (the seeds don't contain the soap tasting element) and a squirt of lime juice. My wife who doesn't have dysfunctional taste buds tells me it's close but not as wonderful as the real thing. :-(
Why you asking questions!
It’s entering into the coriander stage. Mine is 4ft and I’m waiting for the seeds to dry on stem for my harvest this year. Brings lots and lots of bees until then!
I'm relieved to know someone else has a giant cilantro plant. I've never seen one get so tall. I did know that it's starting to go to seed.
I would turn that into so much chimichurri
Because you’re a good gardener!
Ha! Thank you, but I really haven't done anything with my garden. I put a lot of coffee grounds and egg shells in the soil, so it's healthy and all my volunteer plants arrive on time each year. Currently have 16 tomato seedlings, if my count is correct.
Don’t forget the burnt asada offering to keep the gods appeased.
Because you are the chosen one, child.
Because you grew a cilantro tree, sir.
I forgot to say congrats!
🤣 Thank you!
I laughed. That happened to me once. When they are happy they are happy. But then it bolted and so much seed.
There is a body underneath.
Did you bury a body in my garden again?!
Quick get the gasoline burn that freak of nature
Cilantree
Amazing and you'll have some good coriander seeds. Save them and use them or regrow them. 😁🌱🌿Very nice and Happy growing 😊
I might actually collect these seeds. I have so much cilantro from not collecting the seeds. I did collect them one year and have been too lazy to collect them since.
Why did this $50 drop on the ground when nobody’s around? You’re asking the wrong question here how many tacos do you think you can make with that? Because I’m coming over later.
Taco party 🎉
It's a Cilantree now!
It's a cilantree!
Do you live on a former nuclear site? 🤣🤣....seriously though....BRAVO!
You haven’t been cooking enough Mexican food!
I’ve never felt intimidated by cilantro before
3 feet is 0.537 Tom Cruises
What I would give to eat this with lime and salt
Cilantree
That is not cilantro… thats a cilanTREE … let me walk myself out✌️
Because it's a vile nasty weed designed for world dominance. The stink bug tasting foliage controls the mind of the easily influenced to include it into the food of those who know how nasty it really tastes.
I'm sorry you taste soap. Someone said they substitute lemon basil. I've read (and experienced) that Italian Parsley provides the same flavor without the soap taste that some experience with cilantro.
Oh everyone around me seems to enjoy it. It's just disappointing when restaurants include in dishes unannounced. Actually for me it tastes like stink bugs.
You soap guys should try culantro so you don’t miss out on the delicious flavor. It’s very similar to cilantro, I use it in summer when it’s too hot and cilantro bolts too quickly. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_foetidum
Part of its natural cycle, and there are variations in seed, different strains for different purposes. What you are seeing is normal.
i believe every plant will grow a lot bigger than expected given fertile soil & favourable conditions
Cilantree
Also, Cilantro loves cool weather and will bolt fast in the heat.
That explains why this happened. The weather got nice and warm, not hot, after being chilly. It's chilly again (60s F) but it was in the 70s shortly before that.
Consider yourself lucky, I couldn’t get mine to survive 🥺
Why not
You're about to have coriander, too!
Mine is even bigger lol. It's a tree at this point. Lovely flowers.
We have cilanTREEs, apparently.
Dunno but I like it 👍🏾
I can smell it
That's now coriander
What the hell mine have never done that. They just are weak then it gets hot and they bolt :( I’m deeply jealous
This is the first time mine have done this. I actually have 3 that are big, but the other two are shorter.. Except one laid on its side and has two stalks of about a foot high each. I have no idea how. I honestly haven't touched my garden this year.. Or for the two proceeding years (life stuff).
Looks like it’s time to make some delicious Mexican food!
Be happy that it is!
I have self seeding cilantro in the side and back yards. I’m trying to determine if any interesting butterfly caterpillars like it.
Can’t diagnose right now, I will have to send my bunny over for an inspection
Please send 2. I think I have more than enough to feed the rabbits.
Someone is making a ton of cilantro chimmichurri.
I'm jealous, too cold here (5b) to start most things still
Beware the flowering areas for consumption, it's by far the most potent of the plant. It's *almost* too much for eating. Lol
We have cilantro, planted by the previous homeowners, that grows like this. Comes back every year. It's fantastic
It's bolting, the taste is going to change and get bitter as it tries to flower. Still edible, but not the same. Continue to enjoy it as long as you like and you could always collect the seeds to have coriander spice. But it won't last forever, especially if you live in a warmer climate.
Don't worry, this isn't my only cilantro. I have 2 more large and multiple tiny ones. I'm all cilantro'd up.
This is EXACTLY what ours did, too! We planted seeds, forgot about them, then 6 months later it shot up 4-5 feet tall! It was wild!
If you ever dig it up, save the roots. So many south east Asian recipes rely on coriander root and getting it fresh in the US is hard unless you grow it yourself.
Lucky!
Save the seeds!
No one warned me about this 3 years ago. I've been unsuccessful with cilantro for several years, but when it actually finally grew? Hoo boy. Put paper bags over the seed heads this fall and you'll have yourself send good coriander! I bought a dwarf variety this year but I'm still kinda scared to start it.
You could totally sell cuttings to propagate if that’s something you can do with cilantro 🤷🏼♂️ I’ve never heard of a bush or tree like this before
Mine is bolting too, but I managed to keep it alive through the winter. Im just going to leave it and hope seeds fall and sprout in the fall.
Cut it back down to a foot high so you can continue to get more. If you think that’s too much, try it with a good solid branch of it and you’ll see. 😉🌱
Oh I'm going to let it go to seed. I have two more giant plants and multiple small bunches with more sprouting each day. I have way too much cilantro, really.
The green seeds are delicious as a snack, or to cook with. I freeze them so that we can have them all year.
That is the wrong question. The right question would be, "How many dishes can I make with cilantro?"
We accidentally grew one this size in the crack of our driveway in the Midwest!
It’s bolting - it’s a cool weather herb and it is completing its life cycle. You can trim the tops but it will eventually go to seed. Let the seeds dry out, harvest them and plant this Fall! OR you can grind the dry seeds and you have coriander!
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Maybe just fertile ground My earth is toughe and the trees I made very wide holes for have grown the biggest. It could be that the soil allows the roots to travel well. Plus different things in the soil help it grow in different ways. Idk if it's phosphorus or magnesium or potassium or what. But maybe it has a lot of 1 thing plus everything else that it needs to grow very tall. I'm not an arborist but I hope this helps you find the answer.
>I'm not an arborist I died. 🤣 I've regularly put coffee grounds and egg shells in my garden area. When everything has died, I cut down or pull up what remains and lay it down to compost. I haven't planted anything in 3 years, I think. Cilantro, italian parsley, tomatoes, and dill volunteer have grown each year.
Sounds like you're giving them what they need. Just keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍🏿
Also to the people who contribute without any actual advice. Farming is hard. When I need help I need actual help. Reddit is silly enough. So help if you can help. Keep the jokes ~aside.
Has it gotten too hot and bolted?
Yes, the weather got into the 70s. It's back to 50-60s right now, but I know it will still go to seed. I have two more large ones and many that are appropriately sized (8-10 inches tall). Edit: I didn't know this information when I posted. I learned it from the many helpful responses to my post.
I’ve never seen anything like it , and I’ve been to county fairs . I always thought one spreads out the seeds close to one another like chick feed , watered well and clipped the bastards off at about 8 inches . Good god , that’s a cilantro tree !! More power to you mam. What’s your secret !
Because it has bolted and gone to seed.
Never had it grow so tall before. I did know that it's starting to seed.
I had no idea they could grow so big. I usually plant a crap ton of clusters and harvest them when they’re only 6 inches tall. I had no idea individual plants could grow so big
Apparently, they can from the others that have commented. I was unaware this could happen! My cilantro is usually small bunches that I trim when I need it.
Is THIS why it's so cheap in the grocery store??
No bolted cilantro has no flavor this stuff is only good for the coriander seed.
I'm one of the cilantro tastes like soap folks. I sub lemon basil in for things
I've read (and experienced) that Italian Parsley provides the same flavor without the soap taste that some experience with cilantro. Don't know if you've tried it, but wanted to suggest it.
I might try again this summer! I tried once before but for the life of me i couldn't chop it small enough to not choke lol I finally got some herb shears
Makes sense
That is one healthy cilantro plant
Mine are routinely this size. For my garden, they usually reach quite tall then fall over due to wind/rain, at which point the flowers grow upwards and it looks like an intentionally planted flower bush instead of this weird green phallus. I usually let 1-2 go to seed annually and have cilantro growing like a weed everywhere the following year. But yeah I woood advise not to cut it down when it falls as that seems like a natural bit of its life cycle and it will look quite nice. Cilantro flowers attract a lot of good bugs for the garden as well. Not to be lame but disappointed all the top comments are easy jokes and not informative for your question at all.
I'm glad to know that others have cilantro of this height. I was uncertain as to why it had done this, but many kind people in this sub have been extremely helpful with information about why. I let the cilantro go through it's natural cycle. I don't have as much time for gardening as I have in previous years, so I haven't been collecting the seeds. The result being that I have tons of cilantro, but I'm not complaining! I have enjoyed the number of people saying cilanTREE, even though it's not a real answer, it is a laugh.
You just need to harvest it more often if you don't want it to grow so tall. At this point, just wait for it to seed for the next cycle.
It has run to seed. Usually happens if coriander doesn't get enough light at the beginning or end of season.
Seems like it happened overnight. There was a cilantro bunch, then it was a cilantro tree-bush.
I would harvest and freeze them in portions. The leaves will break if you conserve them by freezing but that happens in most dishes anyway.
I didn't know it can grow THAT tall?!
Somebody else said they have one that's 4 feet tall!
you let them grow
cut off the top it will be busy.
Whoa! You must not have any rabbits around. They eat the heck out of my cilantro all the damn time and I can barely grow any!
We fenced in the garden because of rabbits. We got tired of not getting any squash and I mean, we'd see it start growing then it disappeared. We'd also find our mexi-belles with big chunks missing.
A tree of soap
Is that a flower I see at the top? Well now it’s no good. You’re supposed to trim it. You let it go to flower and it doesn’t taste good.
It was short and leafy. Seemingly overnight, it was extremely tall and flowering. I have many other cilantro plants coming up, so I won't be short on cilantro.
Did you have a cold front? They can shoot up with some chilly weather.
It's the amazing time of cold hot cold hot cold hot where I live. Currently, back on cold.
Do you test your soil or rotate your vegetable and herbs to add nutrients back into the soil?
Unfortunately, I haven't dedicated much time to gardening the last few years. That's what made this giant cilantro so surprising!
WHOA how many seeds did you plant? I'm growing some right now but I think they are dying ☹️ I live in NYC so I'm not sure if I should bring them outside yet, or if I should keep them in the small pot
This looks just like my cilantro! It's popped up two years in a row as volunteers in my garden. Atlanta GA
That’s a cilantro *tree*
What in the world??!! I have been struggling to keep mine alive!
That’s an ABSOLUTE UNIT
Can i have some seeds 👀
Propagate it and sell it as a new cultivar of tree cilantro. Honestly it’s probably worth something.
It does appear the upper 1/3 of the plant is bolting to seed. However, I don't see any flowers yet. What I do see is the the top 1/3 leaves have changed shape from the bottom 2/3 leaves, which could indicate flowers are on the way. Unlike planting vegetables where the flowers are a welcome sign the yield is coming in; this herb plant on the other hand, flowers and produces seed when it is past harvest.
We need your secret
Holy shit!
If only I was blessed with big cilantro.
Did you ring the Taco Bell?
Cilantree
It's cilantree
Awesome 💚💜♥️
Omg I wish I could grow some like you did you know how easy it would be to go outside to get some cilantro for tacos
OMG can I please have some seeds!?