Stop Killing Your Store Bought Coriander (Cilantro)

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[@halir4408]

I’d given up on trying to keep cilantro/ coriander alive in my kitchen window… but you’ve given me new hope, and now I’m ready to try again. Thanks Richard!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You’ve got this ✊

[@natethegreatest1000]

Hi, did you try again since this comment?

[@halir4408]

@@natethegreatest1000 yes, sort of. I’ve been growing it & other herbs outside this summer. I’m bringing them inside soon though, and try to keep a small herb garden growing in my kitchen throughout the year 🤞

[@natethegreatest1000]

@@halir4408 that's great! I bought a clearance cilantro plant for $2.50 the other day, removed a lot of the roots and other stems. We'll see how it goes :)

[@momkelso]

I’ve always grown mine outside and they will bolt (go to seed) after just a few weeks. If I want cilantro all summer, I will sprinkle more seeds around the herb garden every couple of weeks.

[@mpras684]

Can’t bolting be slowed down by pinching off the flowers? I know I’ve done that with basil 🧐

[@rosieb.2719]

I move my pots of cilantro into the shade on my deck during the heat and high sun of the day; they last so much longer. And frequent cuttings definitely help prevent bolting.

[@tessjuel]

​@@mpras684 Aww but coriander seeds are sooooooo tasty. Completely different flavour than the leaves. Horrendously expensive if you buy them too so let at least some of your coriander plants bolt. You won't regret it!

[@whodoyoudancefor]

​@@tessjuel Coriander seeds are indeed amazing, but they're super cheap not expensive. Look for an Indian grocery store

[@cattastroficka196]

I’d never considered the roots were a plant’s naughty bits. I will never look at roots the same again. 🤣👍🏼

[@eveleynce]

well technically the flowers are naughty bits, but the roots really seem like you're never supposed to see them

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😁

[@christinehoughton8591]

😂😂😂😂

[@jussikankinen9409]

In ancient time they said raining is god ejacylating

[@therealseancary]

Another pro tip--if you want a coriander or basil for your kitchen, buy a plant from a garden centre not the ones from the supermarket. They are less expensive and better quality plants

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Sure

[@jasong9774]

I know of other pour souls that feel this way.

[@ausfoodgarden]

Not where I live. At the supermarket, most rooted herbs are $3 Most garden centres sell them for $5 or 6.

[@BTW...]

The Supermarket is an indoor climate controlled (for human comfort) environment, very different to an outdoor garden, where the will no doubt thrive under the sun, if it isn't way too cold.

[@hillbill79]

Supermarket £1.50, Garden Centre £4. Seeds 89p. Actual pro tip... Buy seeds, grow them. You get far more, for far less and far better quality. You can even chose the variety.. and varieties can make all the difference based on climate, time of year etc.

[@valerie1723]

I gave your basil plant tip a whirl and so far I have lots of little plants growing away on my windowsill. Pan of tomato and basil soup with the leaves I picked off whilst repotting. I'll definitely give this a try.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Great stuff 👍

[@camuchanomellini903]

I like how he describe everything with a funny sense of humor 😂😂😂LOVE IT 🩷🩷🩷

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Legend!

[@alexszlanina7548]

Easiest most cost effective is to buy coriander seeds.. crack them in half with a dough roller or bottle.. soak them in rain water for 24hrs.. mix them in potting soil inside a cotton cloth.. keep moist. Less than 1week later, they'll sprout. Sprinkle the sprouted seed/soil mix over a pot with soil. Keep moist and you'll have coriander greens all year long. Repeat this process once a month for sustained greens

[@pattymcmullen8551]

Here in southern Missouri i have cilantro that overwintered in my raised bed,also many little seedlings as I let it all go to seed last summer. Yippee

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

👌

[@julierobertson148]

I'd decided not to waste any more money on grocery store-bought cilantro. This video has given me enough hope to try again. Thanks for the motivation.

[@bide7603]

I saw the basil video and immediately search for this one hahahah and also disconcerted by the copy paste of the script 😂

[@florete2310]

1:37 Nuzzling the coriander plant. That is true plant love here💚

[@FR-tb7xh]

Great video! I totally agree - supermarket herb plants (grown under ideal conditions) are often only intended to make it a few days home, if that. My remarks are mostly re indoor gardening. Finally this spring, I did my research, and committed to cultivating a bona fide herb garden in my living room, close to my kitchen (cooking is my passion). Thanks in no small part to my new 5-shelf 8-ballast grow light system, everything I planted except for my chives (pinhead-sized seeds so crowded fast) took off. I learned so much, especially each plant’s needs and the limits of my ambition. It turns out, cilantro is a cool weather plant and doesn’t like many hours in the heat. When the seeds germinated and grew big enough in their silicone cells, I up-potted the seedlings into 4” pots. They took off. Unfortunately, because they got too much light (and heat) and I couldn’t use it fast enough (and wasn’t pruning religiously), they bolted (flowered and went to seed) prematurely. Lessons learned. About supermarket plants, I think they’re a mixed bag. Until this year, every one I’d ever bought died within days. But this spring, I bought a beautifully fragrant and deep green basil plant from Trader Joe’s. It actually grew gangbusters under my shelving system, but I couldn’t use it fast enough. I’d already frozen what I thought I’d use in the next few months. And didn’t have enough to make pesto. So I kept taking cuttings and put each in a separate mason jar full of water. To my shock, every cutting sent out many robust roots the length of their submerged stems! Eventually, their root networks started to fill the jars, and I had to pot them. Again, they took off and I was again faced with a mountain of basil! And then thrips (out of nowhere), which I treated with Captain Jack’s but couldn’t bring myself to use after. My point is, don’t reject all supermarket plants out of hand - some can actually be winners.

[@rinna88]

You're an absolute lifesaver! 🌿

[@littlegreenhouses]

It grows pretty well from seed, too. At once in the climate of your home and will not have this period of adaptation. I have no spices from mazanizin did not cling, except maybe rosemary, but I took it in the garden store and it was immediately in the right soil and volume

[@lindas.8036]

Thank you for the video. I am surprised that you didn't cut the cilantro over a clean area and use it for cooking! That was a nice big handful!

[@JohnGauld]

If you buy a bunch of cut coriander wrap it loosely in kitchen paper then lay it a Tupperware close the lid and store in the fridge. Extends it use.

[@JaSon-wc4pn]

I found store bought mint and chives survived the best. With no help, And I would recommend planting up your unused spring union bulb ends too If you buy a small bunch

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Nice tip

[@Capricorn_IV]

Thanks for the useful tips! Any chance of doing a video regarding pet friendly houseplants that are available? Most gardening KZbin channels never touch on the subject

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Potentially

[@McCulleyJr]

Good techniques for getting healthy plants and save money.

[@davidmolloy126]

They are also usually full of Fungas Gnats like the Parsley I bought recently. Thanks very much.

[@Pachabel]

😂 Your sense of humour is of a calibre Australians love… I’ll gather my previous death pots and give it a go 👍

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@AnthonyRomFletcher]

I will try this at the weekend, I love coriander but usually have to chop it all up and cook with it in one go or it's gone/ turned to mush.. Let's see how it works :)

[@squigglymunchkinmechanic]

I grow my own cilantro but when I do buy from the store I always put em in a bigger pot and they do well but now I'm also going to separate them also 😁

[@CLMaxey67]

I really enjoyed this video and your sense of humor!!

[@cluckygirl792]

Love your presentation! Light, made me smile and I am now going to g to do ea a toy what you have done with my coriander pot. Thank you very much.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

My pleasure 😊

[@jimdavidson3345]

Thank you for this entertaining and helpful video. ❤❤

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You bet!

[@raye5071]

Just had a 15$ plant from the store die.. I am so mad! Thanks for the help …for the next plant!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You bet!

[@hankstorm3135]

15$!? these herb pots here cost 1.5 euro in supermarket. organic!

[@despoticmusic]

$15 for a coriander/cilantro plant? Really? Or was it some exotic orchid? $15 buys a massive pile of cilantro seeds. Throw them in the ground. Sprinkle over some soil and water for 3 weeks. Even the most inept gardener would end up with more cilantro than they could possibly consume….

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Very timely advice , thank you

[@missautumn764]

I'm one of those people who wouldn't mind all of those soapy meal-detergents to perish.. 😅

[@mpras684]

That’s fascinating I believe there is a certain part of the human population who taste soapiness in coriander because it contains something also present in soap! I’m lucky I don’t taste it 😉

[@JaSon-wc4pn]

Great on a Vindaloo Nasty in a cheese salad roll. The Soapy meal detergents is a legendary description😂

[@j.w8680]

Buy from a proper Asian grocers - the real stuff sold in bunches tastes completely different & has far more aroma! Once home rinse lower half & then wrap the bottom part (NOT the leaves!), bit like a 👶🏻 and store in a plastic bag in fridge - it will last much longer!

[@thatswhatisaid8908]

But that would be terribly unfair to the rest of us!

[@Hypnotic-tist]

Amazing, ty Sheff!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You bet!

[@GerGray-i2t]

Thank you! 🤞mine turn out as good as yours.

[@sbwyo1966]

Great video. It bugs me how poorly cilantro seems to do, while almost everything else is successful (I have mainly raised beds.) I'm trying your method; just set it up right now, so we'll see. Thanks!

[@sarahp.6595]

I love sybotanica, they’ve the best soil ever🤩💕

[@bendunselman]

Great metphores in the text of this video!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Cheers!

[@Tes_1]

I think I messed up, I separated out about 5 individual Coriander plants and repotted them (they rest I have chopped up and frozen), after 24hrs they are looking very limp. Any help would be amazing.

[@lorill2631]

Hey and great info! Would love to understand why we need to water plants from the top or from the bottom saucer? 😊

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Either way is fine. Depends on your preference

[@hankstorm3135]

then how does it initially grow into this format if is dead in your own home a few days later? i also sometimes go to a more raw small supermarket, they sell giant bushes of coriander which are way thicker and bigger leaves packed in elastic, no roots. they last longer in the veggie drawer fridge than these super market plants! plus make for not being too conservative with it :)

[@hillbill79]

You should never mess about with Coriander roots. They just bolt far quicker. Sow from seed, in pots they will grow in throughout their life.

[@mmsanrio]

I bought cilantro 2 years in a row for my Guinea pigs & ended up wearing gloves to touch it! 😂 I don’t care for the taste or smell. And in no time, they dried up. I had them in full sun outside. Oops! Good to know they need to be separated! You’re brilliant! 😊

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@petermenor8074]

This is great for potted plants but how do you preserve store bought cut coriander bunches? I wrap them in paper towel and put in storage bag with air removed and this seems to preserve them. I do refrigerate them. Any other tips?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

That sounds about right

[@suzybabyukable]

I freeze them, just snip from frozen over cooked meal.

[@cheese7119]

Mom buying 2 plants from the store, I take care of one, she takes care of the other... Mine looks fine, hers is already dead 😅

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😁

[@bluestar.8938]

Thank you Mr Sheff' : )

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You bet!

[@mon6745]

These plants are trained to die exactly 3 days after you bring them home 😭😭😭😭😭

[@lol30511]

Literally 😂

[@NowhereFast12]

I love your style mate. You make it so interesting. Just tried your basil method and going good so far. I haven't bought cilantro for years bc of this. Can't wait to give this a go in Florida. Thanks!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks!

[@JH-lz4dh]

I have a grudge against these grocery store potted herbs because that's how my entire collection of houseplants got a thrips infestation! Never again!!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Oh really!

[@JH-lz4dh]

@@SheffieldMadePlants yep but it was basil not cilantro

[@ElsieJay]

I had an awful aphid invasion from a parsley plant from my Asda delivery

[@Ddal0ceano]

😮 good to know! Will buy from plant nurseries only.

[@bishopofrustyiron3101]

Very helpful thanks!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Glad it was helpful!

[@valgailjarrett]

How do u grow chopped plant fresh coriander leaves

[@maynelson7439]

Great video bought one two days ago and it looks exactly like yours😂

[@lindax911]

Will this work with parsley, too?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Yep

[@katsybo]

Thank you. This has been driving me h me crazy!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Glad to help

[@InfectedGreenthumb]

how often should one water the cilantro plant?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

When the soil is drying out

[@wallywombat164]

The same thing happens to my parsley.

[@shyredwall]

Did anyone else see the word “sock” made by the roots at 3:14 and 4:01 v

[@teuth]

extremely divisive herb, that cilantro. polarising even.

[@Alwaysherethere]

Thanks!

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

You bet!

[@aarondavidson6409]

Coriander sold at supermarkets isnt really designed for growing, its meant to be consumed quite quickly. Being in a pot keeps its fresher than bunched... Coriander hates being divided and transplanted, sure you might have some success but ultimately the best bet is to buy a pack of 50 seeds for the same price and plant them in pots.

[@rosemarielee7775]

I find it tricky to germinate. Possibly it needs more heat than an average UK spring.

[@aarondavidson6409]

@@rosemarielee7775 Yeah it needs a bit of warmth, have you tried the heat mats for seedlings? Pop them under a seed tray.. I've heard they work great in colder climates :)

[@rosemarielee7775]

​@@aarondavidson6409 thank you. Heat mats are on my wishlist.

[@nas_3003]

Is there a video for mint?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

No but mint is very hardy

[@liz3putt]

Is it the same with parsley? X

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Yep

[@ludoor]

Hello. Thanks for your great videos. Where can I buy a pair of scissors like yours ?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Thanks. Your local hardware store should do

[@madiprincejunior]

why you don't use the coriander that you cutted? 😕😢

[@PrinzPapiertuete]

So my indian girl friend and i love coriander and bam, my boy Sheffield drops a video about it.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Perfect!

[@fifinguyen8944]

😂 thank you for the info 👍

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Any time!

[@hui-an-xin]

Do you have any tips for arugula?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Sorry not that one

[@BusyBee262]

Is this the same for oregano? Mine don’t seem to survive long.

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Yep

[@BusyBee262]

@@SheffieldMadePlants will give this a go to try and save my oregano

[@billy4072]

You remind me of Bernard Breslaw take that as a compliment btw .💯.

[@florete2310]

2:42 Basically the German post-millennium housing market in a nutshell...

[@painetdldy]

spill the refried beans senor

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Oh an idea for dinner

[@mmsanrio]

@@SheffieldMadePlants how do we grow bean seeds? 😂 why am I feeling confused….which came 1st, the chicken or the egg!

[@dandana4647]

I usually do that and water the plant with urine to bring some food to the roots

[@Cruella-Deville]

Why bother go without

[@beatrix3415]

🙏🙏👍👍❤❤

[@mmsanrio]

😂I swear you’ve mentioned private acts or parts in the past 3 videos? Or am I losing my mind? Maybe it’s a British thing. 😅

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

😅

[@enigma5651]

Why not grow from.seeds. Much easier 😂

[@berritandersen288]

🙏

[@junechristie2497]

Aren't the potted herbs sprayed with growth inhibitors so customers can't extend the plant's life and need to keep buying more from the store?

[@SheffieldMadePlants]

Not heard that

[@lamontemckinney9724]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 💯💯

[@powderfaerie]

down with cilantro! no one listen to this so all cilantro plants give up the ghost. sorry. it tastes like old cheap soap to me. carry on. 😂

[@DJCedi9]

Pro tip: just throw away your coriander because coriander is the worst thing on this planet

[@tordlarsson9268]

Nah its good or am I crazy

[@lynneframe3390]

Apparently the world is divided into two sorts of people: those who believe the world is divided into two sorts of people and those who don’t. There are cilantro lovers and cilantro haters. Some taste a soapy character in the herb.

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

Your problem is that you don't know how to use it. It's the best of the herbs!

[@alwega2923]

Nah, stupid commentaries are the worst thing 😊

[@melodioushaste]

Sadly, I've only seen basil and parsley available like this in the grocery store.

[@lindas.8036]

Thank you for the video. I am surprised that you didn't cut the cilantro over a clean area and use it for cooking! That was a nice big handful!