Growing Cilantro

How to Grow Cilantro in Pots

By: Kingston Publishing, Sharifa McFarlane

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) is a fast-growing, cold-season annual that can go from seed to harvest in just three weeks. If you are looking to grow cilantro in your apartment or garden, here's everything you need to know about growing, picking, and storing the herb to get the most from your plants.

Even if you are not into cooking with the herb, growing cilantro can be beneficial for nearby vegetables and other plants in more ways than one. It is also easy to start new plants from seeds, so growing cilantro in pots all year long is a possibility.

Growing cilantro indoors offers a variety of options, including microgreens, full grown leaves, and even flowers and seeds producing plants. There are several options when it comes to planting cilantro for your herb garden.

You can begin planting with seeds, propagate with established plants, or buy young plants for growing. Cilantro seeds are tiny and may be difficult to handle, so you might prefer to start from younger plants instead.