Preparing the Soil
Fill your container, pot, etc. with soil. Seed starting mix soil is suitable for this early stage of the plant.
Get cilantro seeds and pick out ones that aren't cracked or irregularly small.
Gently push the seeds into the dirt, and cover the seeds with a layer of dirt.
Germination
Keep the soil moist and expect to see seed germination around 7 days after the seeds were planted.
After 7 days or less, under the soil the cilantro should have a white sprout coming out of the seed. You can check by gently uncovering the soil with your fingers and exposing the seed.
After another 2-3 days, you should see a green sprout pushing through the soil. If you uncovered the sprout than a green sprout should be visibly coming out of the seed.
Care for Cilantro Seedlings
The soil should always be wet, but allow the soil to dry out before watering. This will help keep mold and diseases away from the seedling.
The seedling should have full sun for a few hours. The seedling should not have more than 4/5 hours of full sunlight or else it can wilt and die. After 2-3 weeks, you can gradually increase the outdoor exposure of the plants and acclimatize them to the natural environment. Then transplant them outside.
Cilantro seedlings can be grown together but about ⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) apart. If you calculate the wrong number of seeds, the soil might be too tight to grow them all. You should remove extra plants so that the remaining cilantro seeds can thrive. You can also re-pot the plant and transplant it to another pot.
Make cilantro immune to aphids. Kill most of the aphids, but leave a few to teach the cilantro to be immune and thrive even with aphids. Usually, aphids will always find their way to cilantro plants. If plants are growing slower than usual, aphids could be the cause.
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