Love my summer herb garden. Have not had success with dill and cilantro. Do these herbs have more than one harvest? Are they best planted in the garden or in pots?
Love my summer herb garden. Have not had success with dill and cilantro. Do these herbs have more than one harvest? Are they best planted in the garden or in pots?
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zeldie stuart wrote on :
Hebs love pots. I grow them in big, small and medium pots in both my homes; one on a terrace overlooking the Hudson River. Try planting several herbs together with a flower…very parisian and pretty. Seeds take too long. Home Depot or your neighborhood garden store will have healthy herb plants starting now and into the season. Replant them in some pretty pots, make sure there is a drainage hole, and don’t forget to feed them. Everything is available at gardening centers.
kay wolter wrote on :
I live in an area with lots of gravel and they love that…so in the area that I am currently planting them New location I put a bunch of rocks on the bottom and then dirt and then plant and they do great
Donna Perone wrote on :
This is very interesting. I have avoided planting herbs in my garden since it has lots of gravel in it. Thank you. Will give it a try in hopes of finally growing cilantro and dill. Happy Gardening!!
Ruth James wrote on :
I grow herbs in pots and have had good luck with cilantro in a pot but I had to move my dill into my perennial border (bad idea.)
There’s NOTHING like fresh herbs in cooking!!!
Debbie Nye wrote on :
Dill and Cilantro can be planted both in a pot or in the garden. I prefer the garden. Dill is actually a weed, and is quite hardy( it will also reseed itself). Both herbs may be used throughout the growing season by snipping leaves as needed. Dill leaves or flowers ( with seeds) may be used as they appear. Make sure that you do not strip the plant of too many leaves at one time. This sniping actually encourages growth. You really don’t have to wait for a harvest. I hope that this helped.
Lisa Brown wrote on :
You can plan them in pots or in the ground whichever you prefer. Cilantro has to be grown outdoors receiving morning sun and protected from the intense sun in the afternoon. Also, you need a combo of clay and granular loam in the soil, it works great for herbs. Also, Cilantro to my knowledge only produces once. Dill produces over and over, when you look at the top of the flower and it is brown, trim the plant back and it will produce again. If you live in a dry climate make sure you mist the dill every few days, if it is humid you don’t have to worry about it. Hope this will help you. Thanks , Lisa
Kathleen Dolan wrote on :
I have found that dill likes an area with good drainage -it does not do well in soil that has a lot of clay…I do mine in containers on my patio and have great results.
Joan Ross wrote on :
I usually either start my dill and cilantro from seeds or buy them in small peat pots. Both do well if seed started or placed in the soil in peat pots. Cilantro often does not transplant well when removed from a pot
It is best to cut the herbs down instead of let them grow to leggy and or come to seed. Unlike parsley which is a biannual ( comes back the next year ) dill and cilantro will not grow the following season. There are different types of cilantro and dill too.Fern leaf dill has fine feathery leaves where mammoth dill has large blossom heads which come to seed. Often mammoth drop their seed and possibly new plants will grow the following season, but I never had such luck.Cilantro can be a fussy plant to grow, heat and humidity may affect it’s growth and it easily comes to a flower and seed instead of producing the leaves.
Donna Perone wrote on :
Thank you. With your advice, will try once again. Happy gardening!