Gardening help- salsa garden questions.

[hornian]

Alright, this is my first year growing a salsa garden. So far so good. Lots of tomatoes and peppers. Jalepeños are doing awesome, and the serranos are chugging along, now if the habañeros would jsut hurry their asses up.

Here's my questions:

1.) MY cilantor went to seed last month, and now it pretty much lost all its leaves and is drying out. Should I just take some seeds and try to grow some new cilantro from seed, or is it too late to grow it now?

2.) A couple of my serranos are turning red. WTF? I've never grown them before, but when i bought them in the store they are always green. Is this normal.

That's it. If anyone wants some awesome salsa and pico de gallo, stop by the casa de hornian.

 

[Woland]

For me, this is one of life's mysteries. Cilantro is a winter herb. How did it ever get paired with tomatos and peppers?

 

[7Titles]

Cilantro will grow fine all summer. I grow it here in OKC during July and August which are as hot/dry as about anywhere. I grew serranos before and they do turn red, thats about when I pick them. I dont remember if it had any impact on the taste though, because its mostly heat to me. You must like some damn hot salsa!

How is Cilantro a winter herb? Its cold hardy to about 25 degrees I'd guess. Thats when mine died last winter. I typically start a new plant every month for a supply about 9 months out of the year, not that use all of it though.

 

[Mrmyke709]

Cilantro bolts in Summer. It is a cool weather plant.
Plant in the Fall, harvest all Winter long, then watch it go to pieces when it gets hot.
Your red peppers are overripe.
Go to HEB and buy the organic cilantro, it's only a dollar a bunch.

 

[MirrOlure]

Just about any pepper will turn red if left on the plant for too long.

 

[7Titles]

I guess you can call it a winter herb in Texas, but it dies in freezing weather. Just plant another plant when it gets warm and you will get a month or two out of it. Plenty of seeds fromt the plant that died.

 

[hornian]

You better believe I like my salsa hot. That's the main reason I wanted to grow my own stuff. I have the jalepeño hybrids that have a little more heat than their regualr counterparts. I've never really considered serranos a really hot pepper thoguh. Definitly a notch or two below jalepeños, at leat according to my taste buds. The habañeros aren't really for my salsa, although I'll probably try some in a batch or two. They are mostly for a wing sauce recipe I got from my neighbor. Whew boy is it hot, but it's good.