Cilantro is 39.9 yuan per jin. Scatter seeds in a flower pot and you can eat it in 2 weeks, no need to buy it anymore.

News that appeared in the last few days says that because of the flooding in Shouguang, vegetable prices have risen in many places. A common "seasoning" vegetable like cilantro now costs 39.9 yuan per jin. It looks like people won't dare add cilantro to hot pot these days.

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Actually, cilantro is very easy to grow. Scatter a few seeds in a flower pot at home and you can grow a whole pot of it. It is convenient and simple to manage, grows quickly, and you grow it yourself and eat it yourself. Such expensive cilantro is no longer something you need to buy.

Cilantro's habit is that it likes cool conditions and cannot tolerate heat. Its optimum growing temperature is around 20°C. It can be planted all year round when the temperature is suitable. In summer, when the planting temperature is too high, it grows somewhat more slowly, but now that the Start of Autumn has passed, it is still quite suitable to plant it.

We can sow and propagate cilantro directly using cilantro seeds. Before sowing, note that cilantro seeds are small. When you buy them, first rub the seeds apart in your palm, then soak them in clean water for 6-8 hours before sowing. This can greatly shorten the time for them to emerge, so we can eat the cilantro we grow ourselves sooner. Keep the temperature and humidity steady, and they will emerge in 10-15 days.

Cilantro is not strict about soil, but loose sandy soil with strong fertilizer and water retention and high organic matter content is better. It is not strict about light either. When the sunlight is too strong, it needs appropriate shading. If the temperature is too high, it can be kept in a cool place with diffused light.

But in order to eat potted cilantro as early as possible, we can also plant it using cilantro roots. The cilantro bought at the vegetable market is best with roots and mud still attached. Cut about 6 cm up from the bottom, plant it in fertile, breathable soil, water it thoroughly once, and keep it out of direct light while caring for it. When new leaves grow after 3-4 days, it can be moved into the sunlight for care.

During cilantro's peak growth period, water it with a gentle, frequent trickle rather than a heavy soak. Just keep the surface layer of the soil moist, but the overall principle is not to let water accumulate, otherwise root rot is likely to occur. If you want it to grow quickly, you can add a little quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer when watering. In about 2 weeks, you can pick fresh cilantro to eat.

One good thing about potted cilantro is that it can be picked continuously. It can be harvested successively from the seedling stage until before bolting. Grown at home, you can pick it whenever you want to eat it. Plant a few more pots and it is enough for the whole family to eat.