Boost your harvest and keep pests away with these cilantro companion plants.
Dean Schoeppner
Cilantro is a versatile and fast-growing herb commonlyused in salsas, salads, and rice dishes.
Grow anise and cilantro in container gardens or larger herb beds.
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Growing cilantro near anise plants enhances the anise growth.
Basil
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Basilis an excellent cilantro companion plant since it has similar growing needs.
They grow beautifully together in both large herb gardens and small patio planters.
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Lettuce
Lettuce is another cool-weather cropthats typically grown in spring and autumn.
Plus, cilantro attracts beneficial insects that naturally keeplettuce pestsin check.
Parsley
Robert Cardillo
Parsley and cilantroare similar-looking plants with similar care requirements.
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Grow parsley as a cilantrocompanion plantin herb gardens or pots to simplify your gardening tasks.
You canwater these moisture-loving herbsat the same time.
It makes a charmingflowering groundcoverand container plant as well.
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Swiss Chard
Brie Williams
Swiss chard and other leafy greens likekaleand collard greens thrive in cool weather.
Cilantro keeps commonpests like aphidsand spider mites from feasting on your greens.
In addition, if you grow cilantro with your tomato plants, youll have the freshest homemadepico de galloingredients.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cilantro should be planted in well-drained, slightly acidic soil.
see to it this is an area that receives full sun.
Cilantro needs about an inch of water per week to thrive.
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Yes, technically this is still edible.
However, the flavor is going to be extra bitter.
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