[ken5050]

I have now THREE times failed in an effort to grow cilantro. It's driving me nuts. I have an extensive, thriving herb garden (and soooooooooooo much more enjoyable now that I have my new herb stripper) and all the plants do well. I have three pots of basil..which for me, is almost a staple...and I love fresh pesto. After the recent scare about bad cilantro, I figured, how hard can it be...bought some seeds...first two times..NOTHING germinated..this time I have ONE pathetic puny little seedling..

One more question for the group: anyone use buttermilk powder..like this instead of the real deal when baking? Success..thoughts?

[Artemis Webb]

I’ve used that.

It works fine but it doesn’t have as long a shelf life as one might think.

[Jamestown1630]

I used to use buttermilk powder a lot; it’s very useful when you can’t reliably find the ‘real thing’ in the store. I mostly used it in biscuit-baking.

I’ve never tried to grow cilantro; but I seem to remember that it’s supposed to be very tolerant of cold, and can stay in many gardens almost year round if covered up a little in Winter. Maybe yours is too hot???

-JT

[MomwithHope]

That’s too bad about your cilantro. I have way too much in the summer. I plant it next to the dill. Which I also have way too much of. Maybe something is eating it?? I figure if your soil can grow dill you should be able to grow cilantro.