Awesome info there PAbsolutely! All of these have excellent compounds for our purposes. You can top dress in pots, some of those I blend, strain and spray for pest prevention (rosemary & thyme). You can make fermented plant extracts. Take your pick.
Peace!
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I would start very low dosage, and work your way up. With fresh rosemary I would start somewhere around 1tsp blended into 1 gallon. Cilantro is also an outstanding pest preventitive. Not very quantitative, but I used about 1/4-1/2 a bunch of organic cilranto belnded into 1 gallon water. I've never blended dry leaves, but I have added plenty of dry to topdress my notills.
Thanks Vn! I wish I had more time to add to that. Kinda high and tired atm.
@PattahabiI would start very low dosage, and work your way up. With fresh rosemary I would start somewhere around 1tsp blended into 1 gallon. Cilantro is also an outstanding pest preventitive. Not very quantitative, but I used about 1/4-1/2 a bunch of organic cilranto belnded into 1 gallon water. I've never blended dry leaves, but I have added plenty of dry to topdress my notills.
Thanks Vn! I wish I had more time to add to that. Kinda high and tired atm.
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I eat the hell outta that stuff in all kinds of dishes. be a great cover i think, well for me it would be lol, and pest preventative for the plant!
not a nightmare at all. I like to grow it in spring and fall. i like to harvest the plant while they are still small, like less that 8". take scissors and cut the leaves off above the soil 1/2". it will shoot new apical meristems from the base and this is how you keep the growth short. the main problem with it going to seed, at least for me, is heat. it makes them want to bolt (kinda like basil).
I have not tried to grow cilantro. Along with Rrog, I remember Coot saying it was a nightmare to get started. Sounds like you have a way to grow it, so I would say go for it! I love home grown ipm ingredients! (I also love cilantro - we eat it in a lot of dishes).@Pattahabi
what you think about growing cilantro as a cover crop? i'm thinking about throwing some seeds down in my no-tills.
how to grow cilantro. Drop seeds onto soil and water them in. keep topsoil moist every couple days. DONE. piece of cake
you have to grow a lot of it though, like a dense population of them. almost like grass IMO. just mow, harvest, and enjoy.
Sounds easy enough! I might have to give it a try. Now if I could just figure out how to grow an avocado tree indoors - fresh guac all year!how to grow cilantro. Drop seeds onto soil and water them in. keep topsoil moist every couple days. DONE. piece of cake
my cousins mom has an 8yr old avocado tree that hasnt put out any fruit yet. she overwinters it indoors and puts it out in the summer... probably not under any good amount of lighting though in the winter. i hear they take a long time before they put off fruit.Sounds easy enough! I might have to give it a try. Now if I could just figure out how to grow an avocado tree indoors - fresh guac all year!
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yes, same plant. i looked at the nutrition, and it offers basically nothing, but in terms of pest resistance it's a good one!
I believe cilantro is the leafy green part and coriander are the seeds.
Man is it ever.
never had that problem here in MI! they like my tomatillo plants though...
