In Puerto Rico we call it Recao and it grows wild and we use it in every dish rice, soups, stews even to marinate meats. I moved to IL and I am trying to grow some therefore your tips are great!
Huertorriqueño is another UA-cam channel that teaches you how to grow cilantro, ajies and other tropical plants outside of the tropics. I mean no disrespect to this channel. I usually watch multiple channels to get the most info. This channel may give me info that other channels haven’t
i've been making sofrito all my life, i have grown cilantro but never thought about growing Culantro or recao as we call it until this year 8/2024 loved your video Thank you
I love culantro. I have them all around my house. I made a test. some of the culantro were smaller and their leaves were thinner and while the others were strong, but they tasted the same. To me, they are the real cousins. So I call the little one recao and the bigger one culantro. Since I'm in a wheelchair, as a gift I was given a long cement raised bed. Around 30 ft long. My mom as a birthday gift gave me the fence and my uncles. After 2 years came Hurricane Maria destroyed my fence and the wing of the house. When I saw it a few days later I cried but I didn't give up. I have 5 banana plants inside the raised bed, an area for compost, peppers, and more. In the wintertime I let them grow their seeds but if it has two stems I cut one to cut the stress.
Thank you!!! I came across this while weeding my new garden here in florida. When I pulled the first one my smell radar said Wait. This smells like cilantro. I let all the others grow & had an endless supply. Now in a small bungalow I bought 2 from Home Depot. Now thanks to you my 1 that survived transplanting has the long stalk. Has a bright future
@@dandale4438 thank you for your kind words ! I absolutely love this herb, it's truly a gem in cooking I'm so glad you were able to find and grow your own supply ! That's awesome ! I may check our home depot here and see if they have any! Those stalks growing out, I save for the seeds to dry for more plants, but snip them so they don't take all the life out of the plant. Thank you again for your kind words have a wonderful night !!
Very helpful video. I didn't know the seeds took that long to germinate. I was sure I lost them and I just reused the soil and the pot for something else after a couple weeks. When I buy from the market, I cut the leaves leaving about 1 to 2 inches from the root or base. I stick that in water for about 1 week and the roots start developing. Once the plant starts growing I transfer them to a pot with soil. Now I will follow your lead with what I've done so far. Hopefully the combined knowledge will be a success.
Thank you for all the information. I had this plant a long time ago, and it died. This spring I bought it. I will apply all of the tips you provided. This is one of my favorite herbs.
I bought the seeds on Amazon and it germinated really fast in my hydroponic to get it started. Then I transplanted it outside. I never could use the leaves. It grew a lot but not long leaves that I could harvest. And very sharp.
I live in Texas and I have been trying to grow these from seed for years. I am from Trinidad. I love this video. Thank you so much. This is my absolute favorite herb as well. I get it from our carribean store but I would just love to grow them. This and Thyme. Not the american thyme but the spanish oregano thyme. So many names. I am able to grow that every year but not the Culantro. Thanks for sharing.❤❤💖💖😊😊
They are like carrots when u griw from seed. Takes almost 4weeks to germinate and u will see lots of small green baby plants. So just be patient and don't lose hope. Because once they sprout, u will get loooooots of baby plants. Most important is to just spray, dont flood the seeds when u sprinkle them on the soil
@@francefarms i have never fertilised my culantro😅but surprisingly they r doing well. About watering...they like moist soil but not waterlogged. My location is malaysia, in here if its rainy season i dont water them. If dry season i water them once a day.
@@francefarms I put my seeds in a glass candy dish that has a glass cover, I put potting soil in it then took a really thin and cheap napkin from a fast food restaurant and put it over the wet soil, and the napkin immediately got almost transparent, and sprinkled the seeds on it. Covered the candy dish and put it in a sunny window sill and in a week they sprouted. I put enough water in the dish for there to be it's own condensation and humid climate in the jar for the week with out opening. They are sprouted and don't need any more water so after seeing sprouts from the seeds I Covered it back up and put it back in the window.
This is a great video. I found this plant in Florida a couple of years ago and just adore it. I have not been successful growing it but now I see why! I have several floral shoots that I just cut this morning and am going to try and harvest the seeds. I love to cut some leaves and put in my water, tastes fabulous. And doesn't get slimy.
Time is valuable, I rather not waste it on ramblers. The content of this 16 minutes of rambling can sum up in a few minutes. If you want to meet time requirement to monetize from youtube, you can still do so under 16 minutes. Keep your audience time and interest in mind. Sorry for being blunt
Thank you for this informative video. I just found Culantro plants for the first time yesterday at my favorite small garden center in southeast Louisiana (Zone 9), and naturally had to buy one since the sign said that it stands up to our high heat and humidity better than Cilantro. The tag in the pot says it can be planted in sun or shade, prefers fertile, moist soil, and grows to a height of 24 to 36 inches (61-81cm) tall. This herb can be used fresh or dried, but from what I’ve found in my Internet research, it’s often used during cooking rather than afterward due to its bolder taste which will be tempered a bit by heat. I personally find the leaves have a much coarser, tougher texture than those of cilantro, another reason (in my opinion) to add it to recipes during cooking, to make it more tender. Lastly, if you want to collect viable seeds to plant and/or save/share, wait until after the plant has bloomed and the seeds have dried near the end of the second year of the plant’s growth. Until then, continue picking out and discarding developing flower stems to keep leaf production and growth high. Just remember to allow your plant(s) to bolt and bloom as it nears the end of it’s second year if you’d like to harvest the dried seeds afterward. What appeared to be tiny seeds on your plant was likely newly developing flower buds since it hadn’t bloomed yet. Hope this info helps.
Thank you for the great information. I’ve been trying to grow culantro myself, firstly I ordered my seeds from Amazon as well. My first try took about two months to see results, but the rest of the seeds I created a little greenhouse effect by using a plastic container, a suggestion I got from another blogger and they germinated in about two weeks so, you may want to try that!
You're right in Puerto Rico it is wild I used to use it all the time when I lived there with my first husband and trying to find it for a decade here in the US we don't have it I sure wish I knew we could grow it here
Thank you so much for this video! I live in Clewiston, FL and it is hard to find this plant in stores! I actually found one at my local hardware store that sales a lot of different things. I got it as soon as I seen it! Lol I didn't know that about the little plant that grows in the middle of it, thank you so much for all of the helpful information! My dad had a green thumb when I was young and he was an Ag worker, he would bring home some of whatever he picked that day and whatever we didn't eat he would plant - our yard was gorgeous and filled with a bunch of edible plants! I hope to do the same thing 🖤 I hope you're doing great in life!
This was incredibly helpful. Just starting a single plant and I already see a seed coming out. I plan to let those grow out and get more plants. Thanks for sharing about the blood meal. When my mom plants she uses bone meal and says it works great. Will try them both. And I think the one plant you mentioned is "genipa" with a green skin and white fleshy inside covering a dark colored seed. That fruit is also amazing and you definitely have the climate for it. Thanks again.
I LOVE ❤️ culantro. It is my favorite hard. I love the smell of it. I got seed from MIgardener. I planted some but it got damaged by the weather. My mom purchased a established culantro plant but it hasn't produced any new leaves. Thanks for this video there is little information online on how to grow culantro. 😀
Summary 1. If you want more leaves, cut the seed stem. 2. These are not full sun plants, if anything they are mainly shade. 3. Don't over water but they like moist soil. 4. Use nitrogen to feed the plants which is good for leaf production. Don't over feed your plant.
Yes, my culantro was taking so much time to grow even after giving them good amount of nutrients and water. I'm also suspecting that it may be due to ur point number 2
God bless sis I always grow some from seeds i got literally thousands of thousands of plants but thats here in the Caribbean but with my experience i find that there germinate a lot faster with hot sun when as before in the rainy season it took like months the germinate but in the durning the dry season i saw plants in 8 days time but when the leave grow bigger they need shade not to dry out
Our weather here is a bit different and a lot more humid. We were recently up to 42 Celsius lol. Our sun is really way to hot for these plants. In the cooler weather spring and fall will be perfect for growing seeds ..you all are blessed to have it grow wherever ..our soil and grass here is also very different..there's really only certain grass you can plant in florida to keep the heat. God bless you!
I have been so desperate to find this plan for such a long time with no success. Then one day, I saw a Vietnam lady showing how to grow from the the store bought package. I was so lucky, I found some in a Chinese store and low and behold the piece I planted grew well. I was able to get so many seeds I am very happy. Where are you located with such high temperatures.
The guy that gave me my baby plant in Hawaii works for department of agriculture and told me to let it seed and it will just give me a huge pot! He said that they like cool nights and 80% shade and love to be saturated with water 🤷🏼♀️ Apparently that's how they grow best on the windward side of Hawaii... which seems to contradict everything this lady says. He even said to cut a milk jug down and put bottom of the pot, so drainage doesn't happen 😅 I believe half the width of those plants she has maintains more flavor, as the aromatics come from the veins of the leaf 😊
@trulyhappyinthesun I hope his advice helps! I'm actually agreeing with most of it, so I don't necessarily see how it contradicts. Maybe with the amount of rain we get on our summer days is a factor. I have experienced root rot with them being shaded for most of the day here in my zone. I hope you check out my follow-up video on growing these . These tips I shared have grown absolutely amazing plants throughout the years! Have a wonderful day!
I’m growing some from seed indoors and I now have a ton of seedlings. I know when they’re seeds they need direct sunlight in order to germinate, and that’s why you don’t really bury them. But what about now that they’re seedlings? Should I treat them the same as a full grown culantro plant in terms of needing shade?
I cant wait to make sofrito with it. I bought mine from Amazon and they gave me tons of seeds. I hope it will grow. I will change location if I have to if it doesnt grow.
Culantro's are like wild grass in our place. We don't need to care at all, it grows every where anywhere.... And it's important for our food.... We used it almost every where
look at "Caribbean Pot", and you will see a lot of Trinidadian recipes with it at / in use.. In Jamaica, parts of the plant are used to treat epilepsy, and it is referred to locally as "Fits Weed".
New leaves will grow back I snip off with my fingers at base. I don't cut all at once, I just break off what I need...pruning will also help produce more leaves
I'm actually seeing lots of little plants coming up now..it took about 4 months but I have probably over 20 from the seeds. So if you get the seeds just keep holding out and it'll germinate...I've bought the plants as babies and transplanted into larger pots give them lots and lots of water..
I love culantro. It's so flavorful. I've been struggling with growing mine. First one died on me. I figured it was because it flowered. I wasn't sure if the spikes in the middle were signs of it seeding, but I just took a wild guess lol. Thanks for confirming it for me. I also was wondering if I needed to give it more shade. Since I'm onto my second plant and it's doing the same thing as my spinach which I know is getting too much sun I was thinking it needs more shade. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.
Please note your plants NEED TO be watered but not every single day. especially if being kept in the shade it is easy for fungus to grow on soil and cause root rot. Your soil should always stay moist, if it dries out your leaves will get droopy.
Thank you 😊..Nice video can you show us the neem oil and dish soap please..a pic of it would be nice . Also can you tell how you mix it and how often do you spray as well as what time of the day you would spray ..
About 2 tbsp neem oil 1 tbsp liquid dish soap to 1 gallon of water. Shake well each time. I spary probably once a week and if there are problems I will spray every other day. Usually spray in the evening time as well...here's the link to the neem oil I used www.amazon.com/dp/B0719GHQ35/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_YGGdFbFYW6RMW I hope that helps! ❤❤❤
@@ShesMakinDough thank you for your quick response..what brand name dish soap did you use ..there are so many out there .. please let us know . Thank you.
@@wendyramkissoon2017 no problem! Any dish soap will work once there is no bleach in it. You can get more natural dish soaps like seventh generation brand or Mrs Myers brand. But any dish soap will do ..the soap basically is to help the oil mix with the water ❤❤❤
Allow one plant to grow the flower stalk for seeds. Take another plant and cut off the stalk before it flowers. The cut plant will give more leaves. The flowered plant will stop growing. Plants can take indirect sunlight all season long. The seeds that fall will grow into new plants. You almost have culantro all year round with good drainage and deep water well. It withstands cold weather too.
2nd time trying to grow , very small babies coming up now but not really growing since and I’ve notice some wilting on the baby leaves I have it on top of my kitchen sink by the window and water daily and light mist 2-3 times daily, am I watering too much??
I've tried to grow culantro so many times in different parts of my garden. Nothing. Trying again in a pot so I can move it around. It's in morning sun and afternoon shade now. I'm in zone 9a. I know it grows in Trinidad like a weed. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Wish me luck.
Hi! Thanks for your video! I do have a question. I have some of the small ones at home and I wanted to know when is a good time to replant them? How long should I wait?
❤ I've used so many different kinds usually garden soil and even a good potting mix ..they usually have the basic nutrients and I will try to get organic if I can ❤ I haven't grown pimento yet i have yet to find those around here lol! Hopefully Lord willing soon! I've done scotch bonnets before but not pimento ❤
Thank you so much for the tip. I want to ask you, so my husband‘s grandma brought me some from Puerto Rico with Roots do you think I should keep them in water for a bit and then transfer them to soil
In Veracruz state it is called "cilantro de sierra" (mountain cilantro). It can be very difficult to grow as my mom can attest. She brought a few plants back to the States from Mexico. My mom had a green thumb but she could not get these things to grow and they died soon after she planted them. I would imagine she gave them too much sun as regular cilantro loves sunlight. But you are saying that direct sun is not good for them so that is why they probably didn't survive.
In Puerto Rico we call it Recao and it grows wild and we use it in every dish rice, soups, stews even to marinate meats. I moved to IL and I am trying to grow some therefore your tips are great!
I love this herb we also use it in pretty much everything hope the tips help you !
Huertorriqueño is another UA-cam channel that teaches you how to grow cilantro, ajies and other tropical plants outside of the tropics. I mean no disrespect to this channel. I usually watch multiple channels to get the most info. This channel may give me info that other channels haven’t
Chicagoan here! Any luck ? My garden has a lot of luck
Here in Mizoram (of North East India) we call it Bahkhawr..It goes well with soups
@@maribelroman I cannot it did it change names or?
i've been making sofrito all my life, i have grown cilantro but never thought about growing Culantro or recao as we call it until this year 8/2024 loved your video Thank you
This is super helpful because my Abuela from Puerto Rico gave me one to Grow here in Florida but with no instructions 😆
I love culantro. I have them all around my house. I made a test. some of the culantro were smaller and their leaves were thinner and while the others were strong, but they tasted the same. To me, they are the real cousins. So I call the little one recao and the bigger one culantro. Since I'm in a wheelchair, as a gift I was given a long cement raised bed. Around 30 ft long. My mom as a birthday gift gave me the fence and my uncles. After 2 years came Hurricane Maria destroyed my fence and the wing of the house. When I saw it a few days later I cried but I didn't give up. I have 5 banana plants inside the raised bed, an area for compost, peppers, and more. In the wintertime I let them grow their seeds but if it has two stems I cut one to cut the stress.
Thank you!!! I came across this while weeding my new garden here in florida. When I pulled the first one my smell radar said Wait. This smells like cilantro. I let all the others grow & had an endless supply. Now in a small bungalow I bought 2 from Home Depot. Now thanks to you my 1 that survived transplanting has the long stalk. Has a bright future
💗🌴😎 U R Awsome, from Florida, Thank you again 🌴
@@dandale4438 thank you for your kind words ! I absolutely love this herb, it's truly a gem in cooking I'm so glad you were able to find and grow your own supply ! That's awesome ! I may check our home depot here and see if they have any! Those stalks growing out, I save for the seeds to dry for more plants, but snip them so they don't take all the life out of the plant. Thank you again for your kind words have a wonderful night !!
Very helpful video. I didn't know the seeds took that long to germinate. I was sure I lost them and I just reused the soil and the pot for something else after a couple weeks. When I buy from the market, I cut the leaves leaving about 1 to 2 inches from the root or base. I stick that in water for about 1 week and the roots start developing. Once the plant starts growing I transfer them to a pot with soil. Now I will follow your lead with what I've done so far. Hopefully the combined knowledge will be a success.
Thank you for all the information. I had this plant a long time ago, and it died. This spring I bought it. I will apply all of the tips you provided. This is one of my favorite herbs.
I bought the seeds on Amazon and it germinated really fast in my hydroponic to get it started. Then I transplanted it outside. I never could use the leaves. It grew a lot but not long leaves that I could harvest. And very sharp.
I've found if the leaves are too sharp they usually are lacking water
Finally a thorough explanation of this Herb!!! Thx..
I live in Texas and I have been trying to grow these from seed for years. I am from Trinidad. I love this video. Thank you so much. This is my absolute favorite herb as well. I get it from our carribean store but I would just love to grow them. This and Thyme. Not the american thyme but the spanish oregano thyme. So many names. I am able to grow that every year but not the Culantro. Thanks for sharing.❤❤💖💖😊😊
They are like carrots when u griw from seed. Takes almost 4weeks to germinate and u will see lots of small green baby plants. So just be patient and don't lose hope. Because once they sprout, u will get loooooots of baby plants. Most important is to just spray, dont flood the seeds when u sprinkle them on the soil
Hi there. How much water do you reckon that they need? Did you fertilize them?
@@francefarms i have never fertilised my culantro😅but surprisingly they r doing well. About watering...they like moist soil but not waterlogged. My location is malaysia, in here if its rainy season i dont water them. If dry season i water them once a day.
@@francefarms I put my seeds in a glass candy dish that has a glass cover, I put potting soil in it then took a really thin and cheap napkin from a fast food restaurant and put it over the wet soil, and the napkin immediately got almost transparent, and sprinkled the seeds on it. Covered the candy dish and put it in a sunny window sill and in a week they sprouted. I put enough water in the dish for there to be it's own condensation and humid climate in the jar for the week with out opening. They are sprouted and don't need any more water so after seeing sprouts from the seeds I Covered it back up and put it back in the window.
This is a great video. I found this plant in Florida a couple of years ago and just adore it. I have not been successful growing it but now I see why! I have several floral shoots that I just cut this morning and am going to try and harvest the seeds. I love to cut some leaves and put in my water, tastes fabulous. And doesn't get slimy.
Time is valuable, I rather not waste it on ramblers. The content of this 16 minutes of rambling can sum up in a few minutes. If you want to meet time requirement to monetize from youtube, you can still do so under 16 minutes. Keep your audience time and interest in mind. Sorry for being blunt
Thank you for this informative video. I just found Culantro plants for the first time yesterday at my favorite small garden center in southeast Louisiana (Zone 9), and naturally had to buy one since the sign said that it stands up to our high heat and humidity better than Cilantro. The tag in the pot says it can be planted in sun or shade, prefers fertile, moist soil, and grows to a height of 24 to 36 inches (61-81cm) tall. This herb can be used fresh or dried, but from what I’ve found in my Internet research, it’s often used during cooking rather than afterward due to its bolder taste which will be tempered a bit by heat. I personally find the leaves have a much coarser, tougher texture than those of cilantro, another reason (in my opinion) to add it to recipes during cooking, to make it more tender.
Lastly, if you want to collect viable seeds to plant and/or save/share, wait until after the plant has bloomed and the seeds have dried near the end of the second year of the plant’s growth. Until then, continue picking out and discarding developing flower stems to keep leaf production and growth high. Just remember to allow your plant(s) to bolt and bloom as it nears the end of it’s second year if you’d like to harvest the dried seeds afterward. What appeared to be tiny seeds on your plant was likely newly developing flower buds since it hadn’t bloomed yet.
Hope this info helps.
Thank you for the great information. I’ve been trying to grow culantro myself, firstly I ordered my seeds from Amazon as well. My first try took about two months to see results, but the rest of the seeds I created a little greenhouse effect by using a plastic container, a suggestion I got from another blogger and they germinated in about two weeks so, you may want to try that!
Thanks for the tip @Amjm45 I'm going to create the greenhouse to see if have any luck growing from seed.
Can you tell me the link to grow this
@@yhineidy131 it works, I have a bunch of it now. I hope it will work for you.
I started with one and it split into five plants so far 😁
Awesome!
How that split into 5 ???
I mean we can split the plant from root as well. ??
You're right in Puerto Rico it is wild I used to use it all the time when I lived there with my first husband and trying to find it for a decade here in the US we don't have it I sure wish I knew we could grow it here
Thank you so much for this video! I live in Clewiston, FL and it is hard to find this plant in stores! I actually found one at my local hardware store that sales a lot of different things. I got it as soon as I seen it! Lol I didn't know that about the little plant that grows in the middle of it, thank you so much for all of the helpful information! My dad had a green thumb when I was young and he was an Ag worker, he would bring home some of whatever he picked that day and whatever we didn't eat he would plant - our yard was gorgeous and filled with a bunch of edible plants! I hope to do the same thing 🖤 I hope you're doing great in life!
Wow that sounds beautiful what an amazing dad ! Hope you are well ! Hope your plant grows well!
This was incredibly helpful. Just starting a single plant and I already see a seed coming out. I plan to let those grow out and get more plants. Thanks for sharing about the blood meal. When my mom plants she uses bone meal and says it works great. Will try them both. And I think the one plant you mentioned is "genipa" with a green skin and white fleshy inside covering a dark colored seed. That fruit is also amazing and you definitely have the climate for it. Thanks again.
I love the fruit genipa! I hope you get lots of wonderful plants this is my favorite herb and it's such a blessing to be able to grow them myself
u clearly love the Caribbean. All the plants u grow are just Caribbean! :)
Lol yes I think Caribbean food is one of the best ❤
I LOVE ❤️ culantro. It is my favorite hard. I love the smell of it. I got seed from MIgardener. I planted some but it got damaged by the weather. My mom purchased a established culantro plant but it hasn't produced any new leaves. Thanks for this video there is little information online on how to grow culantro. 😀
Thank you soo much. I live in the U.K. and just started growing them. Your info is much appreciated 🙏🏽👊🏾
Summary
1. If you want more leaves, cut the seed stem.
2. These are not full sun plants, if anything they are mainly shade.
3. Don't over water but they like moist soil.
4. Use nitrogen to feed the plants which is good for leaf production. Don't over feed your plant.
Yes, my culantro was taking so much time to grow even after giving them good amount of nutrients and water. I'm also suspecting that it may be due to ur point number 2
Really helpful, thanks!
God bless sis I always grow some from seeds i got literally thousands of thousands of plants but thats here in the Caribbean but with my experience i find that there germinate a lot faster with hot sun when as before in the rainy season it took like months the germinate but in the durning the dry season i saw plants in 8 days time but when the leave grow bigger they need shade not to dry out
Our weather here is a bit different and a lot more humid. We were recently up to 42 Celsius lol. Our sun is really way to hot for these plants. In the cooler weather spring and fall will be perfect for growing seeds ..you all are blessed to have it grow wherever ..our soil and grass here is also very different..there's really only certain grass you can plant in florida to keep the heat. God bless you!
Thank you! I also have been looking for information on this plant! One of my favorite herbs
Beautiful culantro/bandaña!
I have been so desperate to find this plan for such a long time with no success. Then one day, I saw a Vietnam lady showing how to grow from the the store bought package. I was so lucky, I found some in a Chinese store and low and behold the piece I planted grew well. I was able to get so many seeds I am very happy. Where are you located with such high temperatures.
The guy that gave me my baby plant in Hawaii works for department of agriculture and told me to let it seed and it will just give me a huge pot! He said that they like cool nights and 80% shade and love to be saturated with water 🤷🏼♀️ Apparently that's how they grow best on the windward side of Hawaii... which seems to contradict everything this lady says. He even said to cut a milk jug down and put bottom of the pot, so drainage doesn't happen 😅 I believe half the width of those plants she has maintains more flavor, as the aromatics come from the veins of the leaf 😊
@trulyhappyinthesun I hope his advice helps! I'm actually agreeing with most of it, so I don't necessarily see how it contradicts. Maybe with the amount of rain we get on our summer days is a factor. I have experienced root rot with them being shaded for most of the day here in my zone.
I hope you check out my follow-up video on growing these . These tips I shared have grown absolutely amazing plants throughout the years! Have a wonderful day!
I’m growing some from seed indoors and I now have a ton of seedlings. I know when they’re seeds they need direct sunlight in order to germinate, and that’s why you don’t really bury them. But what about now that they’re seedlings? Should I treat them the same as a full grown culantro plant in terms of needing shade?
I cant wait to make sofrito with it. I bought mine from Amazon and they gave me tons of seeds. I hope it will grow. I will change location if I have to if it doesnt grow.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Hey there awesome info. I planted some seed in small containers to germinate ahould i give it good amounts of water or juat a little ?
In puerto rico its called "recao"
and used to make sufrito which is the best of seasonings
What month would you recommend growing them in zone 8a? Thank you for these great tips!
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing the tips with us 👍👍👍
En Costa Rica se le conoce como Culantro de Coyote.
Es delicioso, su aroma exquisito, se usa para sopas, carnes, arroces, ensalada.
In St Lucia we call it shadow benny and they grow wild in the rainy season and dry out after sending seeds
Taro we call it Eddoe. The leaves make a great Dish with rice- cook like spinach rice.
Yes, I agree with you coz I also tried to grow it from seeds...but it took me several attempts before one sprouted. Lolz
Thanks. Because I allow my plant to grow out those prickles
Hey that’s awesome you are successfully growing them and doing well. They seem to be more difficult to grow than other herbs. Great advice and tips 👍
would you mind telling us which state you are in, and which month did you plant the seeds Thanks
I need this. I see so many recipes that use this and I can never find it anywhere. It's so cool you have that!
The seeds have been doing very well so if you can get them on Amazon or just get the herb. You can usually get it at Walmart or farmers markets
Culantro's are like wild grass in our place. We don't need to care at all, it grows every where anywhere.... And it's important for our food.... We used it almost every where
Hi thanks for the nice video . Can u transplant them with root by slicing the plant
Where are you located because NYC dont have tjem
We call this one Cilantro Ancho in the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Thank you so much!!!!!!
I tried to grow this with no luck do they like water do they like dryer soil do I plant in a deep pot or shallow pot etc
Hi, my culantro is growing very slowly. I used to provide them with good amount of pig manure, water, indirect sunlight. Help me
look at "Caribbean Pot", and you will see a lot of Trinidadian recipes with it at / in use.. In Jamaica, parts of the plant are used to treat epilepsy, and it is referred to locally as "Fits Weed".
How do i prune or cut the leaves for cooking? Which or where? At the top tip? At the base? All leaves along a crown? Do the leaves grow back?
New leaves will grow back I snip off with my fingers at base. I don't cut all at once, I just break off what I need...pruning will also help produce more leaves
@@ShesMakinDough Hi. Thank you for the answer. Do i need to prune even if i wont need it yet for cooking? Are there guidelines on pruning?
When you prune more leaves, more leaves grow if you’re not going to use them wrap them in a wet paper towel zip blog just like a cilantro
Very helpful and knowledgeable tips. Will definitely order some seeds. Curious about the dasheen bush leaves and how to grow those?
I'm actually seeing lots of little plants coming up now..it took about 4 months but I have probably over 20 from the seeds. So if you get the seeds just keep holding out and it'll germinate...I've bought the plants as babies and transplanted into larger pots give them lots and lots of water..
Very informative. Thank you!
Hello I just started following you and I love your videos. My question is how I'm going to keep them in the US6
I love culantro. It's so flavorful. I've been struggling with growing mine. First one died on me. I figured it was because it flowered. I wasn't sure if the spikes in the middle were signs of it seeding, but I just took a wild guess lol. Thanks for confirming it for me. I also was wondering if I needed to give it more shade. Since I'm onto my second plant and it's doing the same thing as my spinach which I know is getting too much sun I was thinking it needs more shade. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.
Please note your plants NEED TO be watered but not every single day. especially if being kept in the shade it is easy for fungus to grow on soil and cause root rot. Your soil should always stay moist, if it dries out your leaves will get droopy.
Thank you so much for the video. Culantro is also my favorite herb :)
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This is my favorite herb too!!!!
Thanks in my country this plants are esencial for cooking everything
Great video.. the pruning portion is short..can you tell us more about harvesting the leaves please??
I bought some seeds and I am now in Las Vegas zone 9, it's July, do you think I should plant the seeds now or wait for fall
You can plant now it should be fine
Im growing some spiny cilantro at Home, but theres some sort root growing upward in the middle of it. I was wondering what I can do in this situation?
That was my question exactly no info anywhere
Thank you 😊..Nice video can you show us the neem oil and dish soap please..a pic of it would be nice .
Also can you tell how you mix it and how often do you spray as well as what time of the day you would spray ..
About 2 tbsp neem oil 1 tbsp liquid dish soap to 1 gallon of water. Shake well each time. I spary probably once a week and if there are problems I will spray every other day. Usually spray in the evening time as well...here's the link to the neem oil I used www.amazon.com/dp/B0719GHQ35/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_YGGdFbFYW6RMW
I hope that helps! ❤❤❤
@@ShesMakinDough thank you for your quick response..what brand name dish soap did you use ..there are so many out there .. please let us know . Thank you.
@@wendyramkissoon2017 no problem! Any dish soap will work once there is no bleach in it. You can get more natural dish soaps like seventh generation brand or Mrs Myers brand. But any dish soap will do ..the soap basically is to help the oil mix with the water ❤❤❤
Aqui no Amazonas Brasil chamamos o cilantro de chicória e colocamos em todos os alimentos. E ela nasce em qualquer lugar que se joga as sementes
What season of the year is the best to plant cilantro?
You sound like you are from the Islands as you mentioned "chow".lol. By chance do you know about growing the sweet potatoes from the Caribbean?
Yes ❤ originally from there 😍😍😍...unfortunately I have never been able to find those sweet potatoes over here in all my years here
@@ShesMakinDough I live in South Florida ,so I get at the Latin stores. It's called Cuban sweet potatoes and some other name,that I can't remember
Re: the dasheen bush....could post a pic of what the root looks like I dont know which one to chose
@@rhonanoriega1703 it's called taro root kind of looks like edoes (probably spelt that wrong lol)
Allow one plant to grow the flower stalk for seeds. Take another plant and cut off the stalk before it flowers. The cut plant will give more leaves. The flowered plant will stop growing. Plants can take indirect sunlight all season long. The seeds that fall will grow into new plants. You almost have culantro all year round with good drainage and deep water well. It withstands cold weather too.
Does culantro produce pups?
Ban-dhaniya , means forest cilantro in nepal...
That’s what we call it in Trinidad 🇹🇹
You mixed garden soil with potting mix? Plants look really good
I've used both by itself and mixed...mixed works well or just potting soil
@@ShesMakinDough thanks 🙏
Way my leave are fall? Do I have to cut off the seeds that has grown
Im in California, I hope I can grow them here.
I love this herb. Use a lot on beans.
actually it's chadon beni ;-) thanks for posting!
everywhere in nepal...
Need the neem oil because aphids will destroy these quickly I had a plant for a year and I could not get rid of the aphids at all.
2nd time trying to grow , very small babies coming up now but not really growing since and I’ve notice some wilting on the baby leaves I have it on top of my kitchen sink by the window and water daily and light mist 2-3 times daily, am I watering too much??
No I don't think you are. Make sure it gets enough sun. It doesn't need all day sun. Morning sun is great, or shaded from all day sun.
How to grow the Taro leaves
Plants know and reward you when you try
Where did you find the dasheen leaves
Looks good hon...ya sound like a farmer Doll great job..the plants looks very healthy..
Lol thank you Aunty ! Haha it took years of failing at growing these I guess 😂 but God is good and so grateful !
The root is delicious
How you cut the leaves ?
I love your dasheen bush where did you get that from I live in Florida please help
I purchased it from someone where I live they sell the plants you can search for Taro on Facebook marketplace
I've tried to grow culantro so many times in different parts of my garden. Nothing. Trying again in a pot so I can move it around. It's in morning sun and afternoon shade now. I'm in zone 9a. I know it grows in Trinidad like a weed. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Wish me luck.
Hi! Thanks for your video! I do have a question. I have some of the small ones at home and I wanted to know when is a good time to replant them? How long should I wait?
What kind of soil do you use for culantro?
I've used both potting mix and garden soil both works well ❤
Trinidad has the most in the world many ppl trade on this plant here
Thanks so much. I really want to grow items. Do you grow hot peppers also?
Yes, I have grown hot peppers, it's amazing having your own garden ❤❤❤
Thank you..what type/brand of soil did you use in the pots? Also, do you have any experience with growing pimento peppers?
❤ I've used so many different kinds usually garden soil and even a good potting mix ..they usually have the basic nutrients and I will try to get organic if I can ❤
I haven't grown pimento yet i have yet to find those around here lol! Hopefully Lord willing soon! I've done scotch bonnets before but not pimento ❤
Home Cooking I will try you tips and place the plants in a shaded area. Thanks for responding.
@@michellemichelle7143 I hope it helps! ❤❤❤
What state?
How long until they grow big like yours if I grow them from seeds? Thanks
About 1 yr maybe
@@ShesMakinDough Omg they took so long 😢
I got seeds on etsy and mine only took 2 weeks to germinate.🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
Hi, I would like to know what soil mix that plant needs?
Thank you!
I've used garden soil and potting soil, both works fine I find the potting mix works best
@@ShesMakinDough thank you 🙏🏼 and to fertilize just blood meal?
I love Taioba, I have tons of them here in Florida!
How frequent do you feed them?
Did you know the stick that grows tall not also you can cut but use in two ways . You can eat this stick but harvest the top for seeds
Thank you so much for the tip. I want to ask you, so my husband‘s grandma brought me some from Puerto Rico with Roots do you think I should keep them in water for a bit and then transfer them to soil
We use this in Colombia and it’s called Cimarron
In Veracruz state it is called "cilantro de sierra" (mountain cilantro). It can be very difficult to grow as my mom can attest. She brought a few plants back to the States from Mexico. My mom had a green thumb but she could not get these things to grow and they died soon after she planted them. I would imagine she gave them too much sun as regular cilantro loves sunlight. But you are saying that direct sun is not good for them so that is why they probably didn't survive.