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
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
Browse context
- Herb Catalog Category collection
- Carrot Family Rotation and family context
- Cool Season Seeds Season collection
- Direct Sow Seeds Start-method collection
- Container-Friendly Seeds Practical trait collection
- Beginner-Friendly Seeds Practical trait collection
- High Pollinator Value Seeds Practical trait collection
- Succession Sowing Seeds Practical trait collection
- Quick-Maturity Seeds Practical trait collection
- Fall-Planting Seeds Practical trait collection
- Part-Shade-Tolerant Seeds Practical trait collection
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Source: CSU vegetable planting guide