"Pokey Joe" Cilantro

Coriandrum sativum

Pokey Joe is a wonderful variety of cilantro with excellent cut and come again growth. It is quite bolt resistant and also quite cold hardy. A star in your garden giving you fresh cilantro over a long period. We are working with several varieties of cilantro to further adapt and select an even more cold hardy and bolt resistant cilantro variety to perform for an extended season. Stayed tuned! Let cilantro go to seed if you wish to harvest coriander for cooking! (And save some for planting out next year!)

Direct Sow/Transplant Instruction:

Direct seed as soon as soil can be worked in spring. Fall plantings can be sowed in early August.

Space plants 2-3 inches apart.

Rows 8-10 inches apart.

Cilantro needs moderate fertility. We recommend a fall cover crop of peas or another annual legume to fix nitrogen where the upcoming spring planting will be located. Make sure soil pH is between 5.8 and 7.0. If plant needs a growing boost, water with nitrogen tea or compost tea a few times. If trace minerals are inadequate, sprinkle a small amount of woodash or azomite in each planting hole.

Harvest Instructions:

Harvest leaf by leaf or by cutting above the crown.