
Coriander is also known as the smell of thorns, cilantro, serrated vegetables, and smell of ships. The scientific name is Eryngium foetidum, belonging to the family Canopyaceae. Coriander is a spice vegetable, has many nutrients, leaves have a very pleasant aroma, is used to eat with pho, braised beef with bread, sour soup, yam soup... low herbaceous plant, with a single stem, branched at the top, fruit growing on the branches. Leaves grow at the base, spreading asterisk. Leaves are lanceolate, with small serrated margins. If you are looking for instructions on how to grow cilantro to grow for your garden, please refer to the following article of Nha Kim Garden!
Table of contents
1. Prepare seedlings and soil for growing cilantro
2. Care and fertilize coriander leaves
3. Pest control for home-grown coriander
4. Harvesting and storing cilantro
1. Prepare seedlings and soil for growing cilantro
The source of coriander seeds can be sown from seeds or from seedling extracts. Seeds and coriander seeds you can buy on e-commerce platforms such as lazada, tiki, shopee or at gardeners. If you do not have experience in growing and sowing coriander seeds, you should plant seedlings.
Soil for growing cilantro at home requires soil that is rich in moisture, sandy loam, and well-drained. You can grow cilantro in your home garden, in a plastic pot, or a Styrofoam container. If planted in a pot, choose a pot with a pot diameter of 25-30 cm so that coriander seedlings can easily jump around the mother plant, the depth of the pot is 15-20 cm. When starting to grow vegetables, just put the soil in 2/3 of the pot and then plant the seedlings.
2. Care and fertilize coriander leaves
Coriander grows well and gives many seedlings under the shade of trees, bright sunlight or 60-70% sunlight, in case of growing coriander in full sunlight, the leaves will be pale due to lack of water. and few seedlings.
After planting, remember to water with a light sprayer twice a day to ensure that the vegetables are always moist enough to take root quickly.
Fertilizer can be used alternately once a month, twice a month, can use manure, nutrient soil, vermicompost, and urea.
After 2-3 months, when you see cilantro grown in the home garden, about 15-20 cm high and there are many small trees around, you can cut the leaves of the vegetable to use, remember to apply a fertilizer after each cut.
3. Pest control for home-grown coriander
In general, coriander leaves are rarely eaten by pests, when there is prolonged rain or hot sun, insufficient watering, coriander leaves will turn yellow, just use clean cutlery to cut off the yellow leaves and check again. moisture and drainage for the vegetable pot, after 7-10 days the vegetable will give new leaves.
4. Harvesting and storing cilantro
In general, using fresh cilantro is best. You can cut individual leaves from the tree as required. Store fresh cilantro by wrapping it in paper towels, a plastic bag, or an airtight container and placing it in the refrigerator. If stored properly, cilantro can be used for about a week. Wash and dry the leaves before cooking.
Above is a sharing post on how to grow coriander by root. Hopefully the sharing of Kim's Garden will help you easily grow this vegetable for your family.