I have an herb garden in a flower box and was wandering how to trim/harvest my cilantro and parsley?

i have italian flat leaf parsley and cilantro and want to clip but not kill the plants.
I have an herb garden in a flower box and was wandering how to trim/harvest my cilantro and parsley?
Take it from the top -- with cilantro you will want to harvest before you see the little white flowers -- if you let these go, coriander seeds will form and your plant will put energy into that instead of lateral growth. You should be prepared to reseed cilantro every two weeks all summer, so you may want to plant enough to allow some to go to seed every year, to keep you supplied without having to purchase any more.



Your parsley can also be harvested frrom the top.
Reply:For harvesting cilantro check out these sites.

http://www.howtodothings.com/home-and-ga...



http://www.fragrantfields.com/index.asp?...



http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/herb/how...



Harvesting parsley: When you pick parsley grasp one of the lower stalks and pull it gently downward while giving it a little twist. The stalk will give way where it meets the plant. In mild-weather areas you can harvest parsley year-round. To keep the parsley fresh while waiting to use it, put the stems in a glass jar of water and refrigerate. You can dry parsley to use later on, but you should dry it in the oven to avoid a yellowish tint. An attractive alternative to drying is freezing: puree it in the blender and then freeze it with a little water in ice cube trays. You can plop a cube into your soups all winter and relive that summer taste of fresh parsley.

http://www.essortment.com/all/herbgarden...



http://www.harveyfloral.com/growingparsl...



http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1059.h...



Hope this helps.

~smiles~
Reply:Just clip what you want to use. It wont hurt the plant.
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