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I have grown cilantro for years. Great stuff. Common in Mexican, Chinese, likely other cuisines. Can buy at the market, but it's easily grown. Problem is it generally bolts to seed and when it does that there's not much to eat. The seeds are Coriander, prized itself, but very different from the greens, which are Cilantro.
So, I looked up growing cilantro, how to keep it from bolting (I've had some success doing that, but it's tricky to say the least). So, I came upon a video of a guy saying, hey, grow papalo instead. It's a cilantro substitute and easily grown, doesn't bolt to seed. It's easily propagated from its seeds. Just way easier to cultivate than cilantro.
So, I bought some papalo seeds off ebay, a packet of around 30. The seeds came in a little ziplock plastic bag in a regular letter envelope. Which is probably not a good way to send it because the seeds germinate far far better if not broken from the parachute umbrella attached to the seed. Anyway, I have these now.
I'm wondering:
Is it too late in the season to plant these and get good results (i.e. something to eat and seeds for next season)? I live in Berkeley, Ca. We're gonna have a month of OK weather, probably and then things will cool down. In two months it's gonna be getting chilly, days in the 60's, nights around 50. Maybe should hold off planting these until March, when it will probably be this warm again and getting warmer on average?
So, I looked up growing cilantro, how to keep it from bolting (I've had some success doing that, but it's tricky to say the least). So, I came upon a video of a guy saying, hey, grow papalo instead. It's a cilantro substitute and easily grown, doesn't bolt to seed. It's easily propagated from its seeds. Just way easier to cultivate than cilantro.
So, I bought some papalo seeds off ebay, a packet of around 30. The seeds came in a little ziplock plastic bag in a regular letter envelope. Which is probably not a good way to send it because the seeds germinate far far better if not broken from the parachute umbrella attached to the seed. Anyway, I have these now.
I'm wondering:
Is it too late in the season to plant these and get good results (i.e. something to eat and seeds for next season)? I live in Berkeley, Ca. We're gonna have a month of OK weather, probably and then things will cool down. In two months it's gonna be getting chilly, days in the 60's, nights around 50. Maybe should hold off planting these until March, when it will probably be this warm again and getting warmer on average?
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