Recao (Eryngium Foetidum), Culantro +300 Seeds

I got frustrated after trying to germinate it and nothing came up. So, after some research online on how to grow culantro, I spread half a bag of seeds into my potting mix hoping that at least one seed out of the whole bag will germinate, tossed some dry grass clippings on top, and just let it sits, making sure that the soil is moist every day. Lo and behold, a couple of weeks later, every single seed (or it seems like it) germinate. They are still growing strong now. The bag came with a small baggie of fertilizer, but I didn't have to use it at all.

I don't understand the bad reviews. I live in the Midwest and the recao seeds have germinated beautifully. I am, however, quite aware of this plant's needs. It requires partial sun, and good humidity. That is the reason why I use a grow light (for the darker months) and a greenhouse (for keeping the soil warm and humid). It must be noted as well that recao is not a plant for an impatient person. Recao takes its time to both germinate and grow. If you expect it to be huge by week two, then you'll end up being quite frustrated. Very happy with these seeds. In a few months, I'll be making my own sofrito!

Culantro is suppose to be a wild plant. As a child I used to pull the seeds off the flower and spread them and they just grew. They are black little seeds that look like coffee grounds and I did not get that is like a powder. I believe is to protect the seeds? Nothing has grown yet maybe I should buy a bigger pack. Love culantro and I'm getting flustered.

Planted the entire seed packet and NONE germinated! Not very happy because I ordered the plants from the same farm and all were dead within a few weeks.

The seeds look good. Planted them we will see

This plant is very slow, and whoever wrote a bad review don't know anything about this. 3 to 4 weeks later they came out. Great product!!

We planted all of the seeds we purchased and about 15 grew.

These actually started shooting up. I was expecting the seeds to look like seeds; it looked like dirt, but they grew anyway.