Recao, Culantro, Cilantro ancho, Mexican Coriander (Eryngium foetidum) 200++ Qty Seeds Pack

Order this in July 2023. I have a 6 pod aerogarden harvest slim in which I planted 3 seeds in each pod. I do not know if it was luck but all seeds sprouted in 14 days. By day 50 I had full harvest. It is know day 101 and it is still producing. It is also due to the fact that I have been cutting out the flowering stem. For those of you who may not know what it looks like check on you tube or online I forgot to take a picture. If you allow it to flower you will no longer get anymore growth. That flowering stem produces seeds when it dries out and turns brown it gives you seeds for new planting. But if you want continuous growth of this herb you must cut it out. I have read the reviews and I notice that no one mentioned using a hydroponic system. This is my first time using the aero garden and this worked beautifully. The seeds are small like coffe grain. What I did was to sprinkle on a paper towel and lifted each seeds with a pair of tweezers. The rest I put back into the pack. Do not use on a wet paper towel you want to be able to store the unused seeds and they must be kept dry.

This does not work at all. We tried different ways to plant them and nothing comes. No funciona. Tratamos de plantarlas de diferentes maneras y nada. No lo compres

SE ME DIERON ESTOY FELIZ

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It never grew, I don’t know why.

I was born and raised in Puerto Rico and the "recao" leaves plant aka culantro/vietnam corriander (not to be confused with cilantro) grows in the wild , loves to grow in partial sun / shade and in constant humid (not damp)soil. I been living in USA for the past 32 yrs, always bought the recao leaves from the spanish markets when we were living in Long Island, NY, but now that we moved to the NE PA, finding fresh recao leaves, its just a nice dream, thats why I decided to grow my own , and in the middle of 2021 winter I ordered the seeds above. It came with very clear printed instructions, but having some experience with this plant helps... I read all the negative reviews and I got to the conclusion, these ppl are not patient gardeners, or they dont know nothing about how long does it takes for this seeds to germinate......this one can tale up to a month to germinate, 90 days from seeds to plant , depending on the conditions set up for this... tropical herb?. . What I did to germinate these in the NE PA , USA, zone 5 in the middle of the winter? Nothing fancy, I used 2 pieces of disposable styrofoam trays (don't trash them, , they are the perfect seeds starting trays, along with carton or styrofoam eggs trays. In one tray, punch little holes for drainage and place a very thin layer of potting soil in it, then place a strip of humid bounty paper towel on top of the first thin layer of soil, then sprinkle the tiny seeds on the humid bounty paper towel, then cover the seeds with another thin layer of potting soil. Do not spray or sprinkle water over the seeds, instead use /fill the 2nd tray (no holes), place the seeds tray on top of it and wait till the soil absorbs the water and remove excess of water if any from the lower tray . Place the trays inside a zip ploc bag for the "green house effect", making few holes in the bag or leaving a bit open. I place them in a warm place (I used the oven to place them for the first 5 days , (since the gas pilot is on, it keeps the oven perfectly warm to speed up germination) after 5 days remove from oven, keep away from cold floor or windows...I kept mines top of dinner table under a grow light watered every other day IF necessary, to keep soil humid. once the seeds germinate, remove the trays from the zip ploc. I use a Growing light, that I set the timer for 6-12 hrs. , Transplant best when the seedlings have 4 or more leaves. (I transplanted 6 seedlings with 2 leaves just to see if there is any difference.) removing the recao leaves will shed more leaves ...But; if you let the plant flower, you will get lots of seeds but the plant will stop producing leaves and die. . I transplanted 6 to a deeper tray/pot, so far so good...(I will update w pics) my goal is to grow a all the ingredients I use to make my own sofrito then freeze it in bags so I dont have to worry about running out of "grandmas secret green sauce" like my grandkids calls it. . Our home is in zone 5, our inside home ave temp in winter is 65-70 degrees...I keep most of my seedlings on top of our dinning room table with a small grow light over them, I also move them around near the windows when the sun is up..till is time to move them outside. Ps I did not use seed starting, coco noir or ganden soil, just potting soil. I do use plant food 20-20 every 2 wks. You got to see my happiness the day I saw the first sprout.. To me recao leaves are gold! Imho is the ingredient that defines Puerto Rican Cusine. Without it no Puerto rican dish is complete. Soups, rice, beans , to marinate pork shoulders is D best!

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I am giving these ONE star for the ONE seed that germinated. What a waste!!!!