Culantro
Culantro is a tropical herb native to Central and South America. It is widely used in Latin American and Asian dishes. Although a biennial in tropical climates, it can be grown as an annual in temperate climates. It goes by many names: long coriander, false coriander, recao (Spanish), langer koriander (German), ngo gai (Vietnamese), pak chi farang (Thai), and bhandhanya (Hindi).
The leaves have a very similar aroma and flavor to cilantro, but stronger. It prefers dappled sun or morning sun and afternoon shade. Providing Shade will result in larger leaves and a prolonged harvest. It will begin to bolt (send up a flower stock) in mid-summer. Cut off the flower stock as soon as it develops to send energy back to leaf production. Harvest outermost leaves first and allow the inner smaller leaves to continue to grow.
A true tropical. Hard to grow in colder climates as it immediately flowers.
Culantro is a tropical herb native to Central and South America. It is widely used in Latin American and Asian dishes. Although a biennial in tropical climates, it can be grown as an annual in temperate climates. It goes by many names: long coriander, false coriander, recao (Spanish), langer koriander (German), ngo gai (Vietnamese), pak chi farang (Thai), and bhandhanya (Hindi).
The leaves have a very similar aroma and flavor to cilantro, but stronger. It prefers dappled sun or morning sun and afternoon shade. Providing Shade will result in larger leaves and a prolonged harvest. It will begin to bolt (send up a flower stock) in mid-summer. Cut off the flower stock as soon as it develops to send energy back to leaf production. Harvest outermost leaves first and allow the inner smaller leaves to continue to grow.
A true tropical. Hard to grow in colder climates as it immediately flowers.
Culantro is a tropical herb native to Central and South America. It is widely used in Latin American and Asian dishes. Although a biennial in tropical climates, it can be grown as an annual in temperate climates. It goes by many names: long coriander, false coriander, recao (Spanish), langer koriander (German), ngo gai (Vietnamese), pak chi farang (Thai), and bhandhanya (Hindi).
The leaves have a very similar aroma and flavor to cilantro, but stronger. It prefers dappled sun or morning sun and afternoon shade. Providing Shade will result in larger leaves and a prolonged harvest. It will begin to bolt (send up a flower stock) in mid-summer. Cut off the flower stock as soon as it develops to send energy back to leaf production. Harvest outermost leaves first and allow the inner smaller leaves to continue to grow.
A true tropical. Hard to grow in colder climates as it immediately flowers.