Papalo...does anyone grow this? I love that it tolerates summer heat

I haven't heard of it, but we have a Bolivian family at the garden who grow some unrecognizable

things. I will ask them.

I'm frustrated that, at least in SoCal, cilantro is a winter crop and tomatoes are only summer. How are we supposed to make salsa?

 
I buy my cilantro at the Farmers Markets, the Asians seem to be able to grow it for a long spring

and early summer crop. Mine seems to bolt as soon as the sun shines. The rest of the year I have to buy it at the grocery store. It is one of those crops that are still pretty good even from the store. The Asian growers here bring it to the market, with roots attached. It lasts for a very long time in my fridge stored in water with a baggie loosely over the top. Maybe a greenhouse would work in the summer, if it had a/c

 
My cilantro bolts too as soon as it starts getting hot -- it prefers cooler weather. Wish I could

grow it year round since I use so much of it on a regular basis.

 
I don't even bother with it anymore. I've tried growing it in the shade too, but mine never gets

big enough that I can get enough for much of anything. I don't know how the Asian growers do it, but it sure is beautiful, especially the ones with the roots.You can smell that wonderful aroma before you even get right up to it.

 
There is a variety of cilantro that is slow bolting, and (suprise!) it is called Slow-Bolt . . .

or Slo-bolt.

Has anyone tried this?

 
I believe I have ....last seeds I bought said that on the package. We had a few warmer than normal

days, and away it went. It may do better in other climates than ours, however.

 
Yes, I've tried it and it definitely is slower to bolt but

it gets pretty intensely hot where I live (high 90s, and over 100 at times through the summer) so it's a no-go in my yard beyond early Spring.

Tried growing some snap peas this Spring that are able to take more heat and they're still going strong even though we've already had days in the high 80s/low 90s. I'm really happy about that and plan to grow them again next year. They also have really nice flavor.

 
I bet some of the grocery cilantro is grown hydroponic. I can grow them in my aerogarden inside.

 
There is also a couple other choices for cilantro taste (no bolt Culantro), see video>

I haven't tried it, but just happened to see this the other day.

 
Culantro does taste like cilantro to me; I had it once at a local Pho restaurant. . .

It is also known as "saw-tooth herb". I liked it in my pho a lot.

 
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