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RE: Pricking out and transplanting Cilantro in the garden bed
I have the hardest time getting cilantro to grow in plentiful amounts. Why do I have such an aversion to pricking my young seedlings?
I have the hardest time getting cilantro to grow in plentiful amounts. Why do I have such an aversion to pricking my young seedlings?
I don't know if this is what you are experiencing but when I first started growing cilantro I grew it in the spring and I didn't get many leaves before it went to seed. Then I learned from reading Eliott Coleman that it is a cold weather plant so I grew it in the fall and winter in a greenhouse and got the most cilantro greens I have ever seen!
Can you make some book recommendations for someone interested in learning more about diverse gardening methods for growing various edible plants and fruits? I love to explore how people garden differently in various climates around the world, and methods that need to be rediscovered from historical times. Maybe I can find something like that in the library.
It is good to be aware of all the different gardening sciences and methods (botany, horticulture, farming, watershed studies, hugelkulture, back to eden, hydroponics, permaculture, aquaponics, composting, square foot gardening, keyhole beds, etc.) in order to well-versed in growing plants to achieve specific goals.
That's a good question. I am not sure about any specific books that cover really diverse gardening methods... but I can share two books that really influenced my own thinking and style of gardening:
Both books have led me down a path of letting go of my desire to control nature and control my garden. Ultimately I still exercise a lot of control, but now I allow more room for chaos.
I am definitely an advocate of perennial and polycultures because they can lend us to a more horticultural approach to gardening rather than an agricultural approach. I don't know a lot about historical methods and have only picked up bits here and there... I do agree that it would be interesting to learn more there!