I didn't plan on sitting through a 16 min video to figure out what to do with my cilantro going to seed, but I got drawn in by the voice and story. Great camera angles and lighting too. You got another new subscriber!
I grew up watching my single widowed mother grow a bountiful harvest every single year for at least a decade or more. I know gardening by osmosis. But I still enjoy watching your video and reminiscing about the good old days with my mother. While I sang and made a lot of noise, she worked diligently tending her garden never once complaining about my uselessness. That is a mother's LOVE. And Gardening was simply the best for spending quality time with my mom. Miss her so much. She passed last year. But she is a gentle speaking person just like you. I already subscribed many videos ago but I also enjoy seeing a lot of new comments and subscribers. Channels like this has the most amazing audience and I enjoy them and their wonderful feedback and helpful additional tips as well. Thank you everyone. God bless you all. This is my first season gardening by myself. May the force be with me right. let's see how much knowledge I retained from watching my momma for years!
New sub! I have started saving every single seed from food I buy and grow. It now feels like a waste for even one seed to be thrown in the trash. It's so important to grow your own food
Wow I learned so much from you. Thank you. I never knew that the seeds were coriander. 👍 I cut my celantro and thought it would grow back like my basil. I didn't know what I did wrong. But I have learned.
Wow that's some production value at work here. Intro in the thriving garden, coming back in fall to the same shot, going through all the processes in detail.
I have a slow bolt cilantro plant that I let go to flower. I planted it in fall of 2022. It is now 5 feet tall with so many flowers and seeds forming. The stalk is at least an inch thick. I can’t wait to collect my seeds. Awesome video. Thank You.
Thank you so much! I was quite sad cause I left my cilantro to bloom and eventually died, but now I've seen its normal on it, and it means more cilantro 🤯
I use ground coriander ( cilantro seeds) as one of the seasonings for my split pea and ham soup. I grew cilantro last year and let it go to seed, I harvested some for cooking, the rest self sowed. This years cilantro is now going to seed and I’ll have a much more abundant harvest. Happy gardening
As a health advocate and avid gardener, I have shared your channel widely for so many of my friends who long to start gardening but know ZERO about it. Thank you for your patient and clear explanations. I happily share your channel!!
Thanks! Just started a garden this year....this helped immensely, as my cilantro is flowering now😊....now,i will never have to buy cilantro seed again💜💜
great video. Most importantly you know how old the seeds are. With packed ones you have no idea when they were harvested or if they'll even germinate. I bought seeds this year and had a 15% germination rate vs a 98% on seeds I harvested.
Thanks Gardener Scott. My first year growing cilantro. I came to the point of "now what"? Thanks for supplying the answer. I knew cilantro/coriander were two heads of the same coin. Thanks for showing me how to harvest my seeds. This year 3 plants, next year many.
Wow I learned something else new. I also have an herb garden and love cilantro‘s but I have never let one go to seed so looks like I need to try that this year. Thank you so much for all you have taught me already
I started harvesting seeds from flowers this past season but I didn’t do a very good job as I’m an inexperienced gardener. This video really helped me, thank you.
Thank you for this informative video! My cilantro has lots of seeds now and I was gonna start taking them out and dry them under the sun and thought, I should check youtube first! Glad I found your video. I'll wait til they dry and really mature and start planting more cilantro in my patio garden. Thank you so much!
Great video tutorial thank you. Cilantro is an awesome plant. Many of my seeds were feasted on by some little bugs so I chose not to harvest but I witnessed how easy and effective it would be. Thanks for sharing!
Very informative, thank you. I live in northern California and my cilantro has just started to bolt. I can't wait to see if the seeds are ready for fall planting. Thanks again.
Thank you soooo much! Your video was sooooo easy to follow. You proceeded step by step and explained EVERYTHING. I appreciate it because I knew I wanted to harvest my cilantro seeds but I had NO idea when and how. Thank you!
Always using coriander when I ferment the pickles, just a few in each jar. And also love the cilantro leaves, although it's hard to find a place in my southern garden where cilantro thrives, because it gets really hot here in the summer. Thank you for the tutorial, helps me replan my garden where I can save a lot of my own seeds just by letting a few of my plants go to seed. Awesome as always
Thank you so much for this! I have been growing cilantro for the first time and enjoy it so much. I am excited as I see seeds forming on 3 plants that I let bolt knowing I’ll be able to do it again next year! Also I love seeing your dog. Thank you!
Thanks, that is helpful. You can also visit, nearby Indian grocery and buy Cilantro seeds ( In Hindi, we call it, Dhaniya) and it will be listed for less than 10$ for 2lb or might be less. Indian use Cilantro Seed powder in cooking.
7 grams per plant. I think theres 80 seeds per gram approximately. So 35 grams is 2800 seeds its great feeling when you save those 3 to 4$ packets have 100 to 200 seeds or something ... and if you got excess ammounts grind it up and make coriander powder great feeling 😎 I am letting 9 go to seeds and im doing a fall crop for the leaves. I got this strain called pokey joe the cilantro roots are edible they use them in thai cooking ! Great detailed video !👍
in Egypt we use coriander seeds in cooking as well .. whole or semicrushed for falafel for example as well as fully crushed for many of the traditional dishes and it is not that cheap .. thank you very much for a wonderful gardening lesson, I'm grateful as ever
Gardener Scott, thank you so much for presenting your video. It is the best video so far on harvesting coriander seeds, very clearly explained and great demonstration of the techniques you use to harvest and separate seeds from its dried plant. Excellent video!
I'm a new gardener and my cilantro is at that point yours is so i'm heading to the garden now to gather the seeds.I thought they were not good anymore because they looked to dry. Thanks for sharing .I sub'd !
I am a new COVID-19 gardener and so grateful for your videos. Thank you. What is the best way to store the seeds once I go though the process and am waiting for the next season?
14:38... I know this might sound a bit, foreign,^^ (I'm in Austria) but out here they actually use this seed as a spice, in a LOT of dishes. They call it Coriander and when u hear that in german, it's refering to the seed, they'Re specific when they talk about the leaf and mention it together (Coriander Blatt). Used whole in pickling and cooking (roast, baking) meats. \O>
This is a very well put video, and I usually don't like long videos for things I am searching for, but this video was just amazing, and I now have some cilantro growing and now I don't have to buy cilantro seeds for every time I want fresh cilantro, cause the ones at the store don't smell like good cilantro
This is the way to do it. It's not that hard. I get a lot of seeds from just a few plants. And the results after planting are great. I've also just bought coriander seeds as a spice and germinated them...very cheap. I always soak the seeds for a few days before planning and then make sure to keep the soil well watered...cilantro likes water...but it must be well drained.
I understand the reason behind cleaning up the seeds for the purpose of weighing them for the video or making coriander but I don’t put 1/4 of the effort in when using them as seeds for the next crop.
Thanks so much for the informative video! I live in Southern California and we have really long dry summers and very mild winters here. My first cilantro plant is already growing seeds now, in early June, and I am hoping to replant the seeds as soon as they are ready (without waiting until next year). Do I need to leave them on the current plant until they dry out if I am planning to replant them immediately?
most seeds are. I bought 1 red pepper in the spring, ate the pepper, sowed the seeds, had 12 plans giving peppers all fall, and then saved the seeds for next year.
Chris Sullivan some things can be tricky though. If you plant sweet peppers near hot peppers, they easily cross pollinate. It won’t impact the flavor of that years fruit, but the seeds may produce a hybrid, and the flavor may not be what you expect 😊 but yeah, I totally grew pepper plants this year from store bought pepper seeds.
Great video!! So informative. I live in the 10b zone in the US, so I don't have a true change of seasons. I planted Cilantro in October and got a huge crop by the beginning of December. Then in February it bolted and went to seed. It is now the beginning of April and it has not dried out but it is flowering and there are seeds as well. I want to harvest the seeds and start another round of leaves. How do I do that without the plants drying?
Thanks. You can cut off the tips where seeds are developing without harming the plant. You can also sow new seeds around the old plants while waiting for the seeds to dry. As those seeds grow you can cut down the old plants when their seeds are ready.
Thank you for this helpful video! I have a question. Do we need to allow the cilantro plants to completely dry up and die like yours did? I think my cilantro plants are in a space where they will probably stay at least somewhat green through the summer, even if I stop watering them, but I’m hoping the seeds will mature and dry anyway to harvest in the early fall. We are in Northern California (Oakland) and they are in a somewhat shady spot. Thank you for any additional advice.
Interesting question, but I honestly don't know. Many animals avoid plants with strong scents so they might avoid it. There's only one way to know for sure... plant it and see.
Not only are you very chill, your dog is very chill too! Thanks for the very helpful video! Mine has been flowering since June as well. Does it help to grow cilantro in containers in a shadier spot to stop from bolting so soon? I've got it in the raised bed in full sunlight.
Amazing I wonder about where you get herb seeds as propagating herbs and spices from cuttings is getting pretty easy. Then I thought about where the seed packets / seed come from. And just like carrots and other veg's that go to seed herbs do as well. Nice got to try leaving some herbs out to seed instead of for harvesting the herb or spice
