May 24, 2026
A continuous selection across two sittings.
I have another bed same size with herbs in it, 3 genovese basil, 2 flat leaf parsley, one mint, two cilantro and three rosemary
That bed is underplanted. The rosemary and mint will outcompete everything else by mid-July — mint by runners, rosemary by root mass. Pull the cilantro before it bolts and use that slot. Move the mint to a container if you want it past this turn.
It's already bolting the cilantro
Then it's done. Pull it today — the leaves will be bitter within the week. That opens two slots. What wants to go in there?
I may keep for coriander
Worth keeping then. Let the umbels dry on the stalk and cut them into a paper bag before they shatter. That's one slot held. The other is still open.
Why did it bolt so fast we planted 3 weeks ago and it was shocked in new bed
Three weeks to bolt means it hit two things at once: transplant shock stalled root establishment, and the warm wet stretch we just had read as season's end to a plant that was already day-length sensitive. Cilantro bolts on photoperiod, not size. It was going to go regardless — the shock just sped it up.
Excellent info
I pulled the mint
That's a clean scar. Mint doesn't forgive a missed root fragment — watch that spot for three weeks. If you see a single leaf, pull it the same day.
I may replace with some arugula seeds and treat them like micro greens harvest them at first true leaf
That's a fast turn on that bed. Arugula as microgreens will use the mint's leftover moisture without competing — good fit. Sow dense, keep the soil surface damp, and cut at the first true leaf. You'll have a harvest in 14 to 18 days.
That's the plan
Good. The bed stays productive and the soil doesn't sit bare.