Coriander and cilantro are the same plant and have completely different flavors and culinary uses. Cilantro is added to salads, soups, fatty meat dishes.
How long does it take for cilantro to grow
Coriander seed (or cilantro, or Chinese parsley) is an annual plant from the Celery family. It has a very strong aroma that can be felt from a distance from where it grows.
How to properly care for cilantro
Lighting: bright sunlight or partial shade. Soil: loamy or sandy, neutral or slightly alkaline. Watering: after sowing - regular and plentiful, with the advent of seedlings, watering is reduced, keeping the soil in the area in a slightly moist state.
Cilantro loves the sun, so planting containers for the winter period will need additional lighting: phytolamps or ordinary fluorescent lamps half a meter above the grass.
How to water cilantro
Watering: after sowing - regular and plentiful, with the advent of seedlings, watering is reduced, keeping the soil in the area in a slightly moist state.
As soon as the plant begins to grow green mass, watering should again become plentiful, otherwise the cilantro will bloom.
During the period of fruit ripening, watering is again reduced to meager.
Top dressing cilantro
The plot for sowing should be prepared in the autumn, for this, during digging, potassium-phosphorus fertilizers and compost are introduced into the soil, while in the spring, right before sowing the seeds, nitrogen-containing fertilizers are applied. The collection of greenery is carried out as it grows.
