Herb / Cool season
Santo Cilantro
Short succession rows near the kitchen and beneficial-insect borders.
Bright citrus-green leaves; coriander seed if allowed to mature.
Seed spacing and maturity
- Days to maturity
- 50
- Germination temperature
- 50-75F
- Seed depth
- 0.25 inches
- Spacing
- 6 inches
- Row spacing
- 12 inches
- Start method
- Direct sow
Frost-date timing
- Direct sow
- 21 days before last frost
- Fall planting
- 7 weeks before first frost
- Succession interval
- repeat every 14 days
Action plan
- Can I plant this now?
- Use your local last-frost, first-frost, and soil-temperature checks before treating this crop as plantable today.
- Start indoors or direct sow?
- Direct sow into the final bed when the soil temperature, seed depth, and moisture are ready.
- How much space?
- 6 inches in-row spacing, 12 inches between rows, and 0.25 inch seed depth.
- Best companions?
- Use this as part of a diverse flowering or herb planting, and treat companion claims as site-specific rather than guaranteed pest control.
- Common failure modes?
- Hot weather pushes plants to flower quickly. Consistent moisture slows bolting. Loose, cool soil; sow where it will grow.
Growing profile
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Consistent moisture slows bolting.
- Soil
- Loose, cool soil; sow where it will grow.
- Watch
- Hot weather pushes plants to flower quickly.
- herb
- succession
- cool-season
- flowers-beneficial
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Source: CSU vegetable planting guide