Culantro Failure

Failure times two.  I had 2 culantro plants going at the same time and neither one made it.   They were both in pots which is where I typically grow all of our herbs. Herbs tend to be invasive so I don't let them loose in the raised beds.   Both of the plants immediately went to seed when I potted them and then they stayed in a perpetual state of seeding until they turned black and dried up.

One of these plants was rescued from a neighbors pathway! I can't believe that I killed something that literally was walked on repeatedly.  My basil and oregano that are also in pots are still alive and doing well, so I'm concluding the culantro just doesn't like to be contained.  Next time I'll plop it into the main bed since it didn't seem to be aggressive.

Last Year

My very first veggie garden in Central Florida was last year. I did a little reading, enough to realize that the growing season in New York was different from Florida but that was about it. So my hubby tilled up a patch of yard about 4 feet wide by 10 feet long and we plopped some veggies in the ground. In went tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and snow peas. It was hardly the onslaught of veggies that we expected. The plants all seemed to be growing then one by one they wilted and would not recover. How disappointing to see the green tomatoes on the plant and then the whole thing dies a slow wilty death. Sigh.

So I got real scientific-like for my next attempt. That's right, I read online and watched you tube videos! And here we are, take 2.