How and When to Prune Cilantro

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Additional tip: We suggest harvesting your cilantro to eat by cutting off the top 1/3rd of the plant about once a week. That will keep it growing back. Over-harvesting cilantro will cause it not to grow back. Don't harvest more than 1/3rd at a time. Grow more cilantro if you need to harvest it more often. Also be sure to check out (click show more to view): Lightweight herb trimming shears for bud trimming: http://amzn.to/1rE7Y3F Kitchen quality garden shears with leather sheath: http://amzn.to/1QVcob6 Really cool 5-blade herb scissors for cutting cilantro and other herbs: http://amzn.to/1TNFq0V Organic GMO free culinary herb seed kit (cilantro and 11 other herbs for cooking): http://amzn.to/1T5NYn5 This a quick little how to on pruning your cilantro plants when they start to flower. This video is about pruning cilantro: how to prune cilantro and when to prune cilantro and other herbs. Disclaimer: Some links may be affiliate links.

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many thanx for clarity

can the flowers be put in water and maybe continue grow? how do u save the seeds..what turns to seeds?

Thank you for the video :)
My Cilantro plant is literally flopping over.
I bought it already potted.
Should I remove it from the container and re- pot it in a bigger container?

Perfect Video, i was wondering what happened to my cilantro, it started (as i now know) flowering and i was really confused. But now i know my cilantro is flowering, one question i have is one of my cilantro really flowered and grew a very thick root, do you recommend i pull and replant or can i save it?

okay im so confused!!! i cut the flower so i can keep my cilantro growing, right? but what if i want to cut them to eat and will they grow back if i cut them? do i throw the flowers back in the pot to turn to seeds? or do i let the flowers dry then throw them back in the pot?

I got 3 herbs indoors now that the weather is gettin better i want to put thrm on my deck, But i have afamily of squirrels thatcome on my deck,the plants i have are rosemary, parsley,cilantro will the squirrels eat my plants i want to use them for cookin.

that answers my question why is bushing up with flowers but leaves are diminishing. i didnt know that we have to prune the buds. thanks for the info

Thank you for a concise tutorial! I didn't know about the flowering... I guess I will have to replant or something... but I'm going to go clip them now & see if they can be salvaged. Short & sweet, this was perfect!

thanks for the tip

To all of those saying this is not cilantro. I am 100% it is. Like they said in the video it is it is in the flowering stage and at that stage the leaves at the top look different.

Haha you dummy, thats not cilantro

I have two cilantro plants and one is so big it had slumped over, and the other don't look to good, probably because i didn't know about the whole flowering thing, live and learn, thanks for the lesson

that's....NOT cilantro...

ok, my cilantro flowered. I was hoping the seeds would fall off and grow more cilantro. can I still trim those flowers and produce more cilantro leaves?

Very helpful information! I am growing cilantro for the first time. Thanks!

My cilantro has flowered already and has little tiny white flowers on them...where do I cut it at to keep it growing?

The flowering is exactly what happened to mine.. now it's just a withered, sad stalk. I should have pruned it!

You guys don't really address how to trim cilantro. People want to know how to prune so they can both use it for cooking and maintain a healthy bushy plant. How can I take charge of my cilantro? I guess one step at a time? I'm good at pinching basil. I'm saddened in general by some people's reluctance to cut back their pants. Ok, I won't let my herbs flower. I never do.

That was very helpful, thanks for posting it! I have my first cilantro plant this year and didn't know how to take care of it.

I think I've got it now. lol thanks so much!