Easy Herbs for Beginners – Basil, Cilantro & Parsley
Easy Herbs for Beginners – Basil, Cilantro & Parsley
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3 Easy Leafy Herbs for Beginners to Grow
Fresh herbs bring our cooking to life, with three leafy herbs in particular cropping up time and again: basil, cilantro (coriander), and parsley.
These leafy herbs are incredibly versatile and exceptionally easy to grow too.
In this short video, we’ll show you how.
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Just started parsley and cilantro! Thanks for the tips 👍🏾🤞🏾
Can i still plant it in this week. Normal plant time is last week of july. Will it still growth still. Please let me know
Basil is wonderful!
Hi yes I grow herb s in my back garden. Not got allotment just garden with raise bed
Where can i buy those herbs
My love for growing my own veg & herbs started during lockdown. These videos have been so helpful. I still have all the gear and no idea but I’m learning slowly by watching these videos! Thank you!
Friends, as long as we do not interfere with nature (when we cannot leave the house), I think we can be healthy if we return to nature likewise nature renews itself.
Especially in winter, I use sage not only as a spice but also as tea.
When I look at the history, this plant has been used in the treatment of many diseases.
As the Virgin Mary is mentioned in mythology.
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/noel-christmas/expositions-exhibits/sauge-eng.html
https://salvia.bio/sage-history
If you search the internet for ‘Benefits of sage
.you will be very surprised. I wish you all a healthy day.
Don’t always login but love all your videos! So good to know your you can start basil from cuttings. Will that work from fresh cuttings from the grocery store?
I often cut the basil and cilantro to use in flower arrangements. They are pretty and help keep the plants from being overgrown.
The herbs I’ve planted this year are basil, cilantro, parsley, sage, thyme and mint.
I grow basil in small pots… Dozens of small pots! When the plants are a few inches high I bring them in, one at a time, to the aviary for our budgies to dine on, always sowing another pot to replace it out in the garden. I wonder if other budgie enthusiasts know how much these little birds love basil?
The reason I grow 30+ pots of basil at a time is to make sure there is enough for my pesto habit and a well grown pot of basil, wrapped in a pretty bow makes a terrific gift for anyone who cooks or has small birds.
I bought an envelope of seeds from Amazon (not really my first place for seeds) but the thought of 350 seeds of 12 mixed varieties enticed me! I’m planting an entire 2×4 bed of basil: Genovese, Thai, lemon, cinnamon and a couple of leaves I don’t recognize…I’m so excited!
Is there any reason to NOT transplant out into the yard, where the sun can be scalding? I have a sunny window where I can place pots up to 4"-6" so do you think growing indoors is doable for basil and parsley?
I didn’t know you could propagate basil like that! I’m going to start some right now. Thanks for pointing out the difference between curly parsley and flat parsley. No one could ever give me an answer on that. The curly parsley does indeed dry much nicer and maintains a rich green color.
These are MY three go to herbs as well. love my BASIL all year round…versatile and ymmy as is Coriander ymmmm Cilantro in many of my fav dishes…thanks for the update,. love it
Oregano is easy, but grow it in a container because it spreads aggressively.
I live in South Africa on the southern coast and have planted these herbs in pots. Our winter have just been started but the temperature never goes below 15 degrees Celsius. Love my herbs. Thanks for your teachings it helped a lot.
Most of these herbs are ready before I am, so I snip and dry them (brown paper bag works as well as my dehydrator) for when the tomatoes are ready for canning sauces. This year I tossed basil seeds in with the lettuce starts, hoping it wouldnt go to bloom by the time tomatoes start coming on end of July. Ill let you know if this works. If it doesnt, Im in trouble for pasta sauce.
Hello how long does it take for a Chile and pepper tree to get the fruits?
yup! all three plus oregano, garlic chives & rosemary… yummmmm
I’m growing all of them.Some are starting to flower. I repot the others.
I can not get parsley to grow from seed in my garden. I have even tried in peat pots. My other problem is some sort of root rot that attacked my cilantro. It looked like a squash borer got inside the cilantro stem.
I have all the herbs you mentioned in this video plus oregano, thyme, sage, and rosemary.
I have parsley alive in my fridge. Do I plant it? How is it alive? My carrots are also growing.
Why does UK pronounce the H?
Hi, having some problems growing curly leaf parsley for the first time. It’s refusing to germinate. (I’m trying it on the kitchen window sill.) When you soak the seed in warm water overnight I take it you don’t mean boiling?
Thank you for that very informative video. We live in the South of France and have to water lots, so my herbs are in stone pots. However, I just can’t get along with coriander! i cut it often as i use it a lot and it has gone to flower….. now what do I do? I love the bees and thought I’d leave it until the flowers die but then should I cut it? Same with basil? Thank you
How fast does each grow? And what if I want to control how much I grow? Like say I don’t want too much basil (a handful is good), but want lots of parsley and cilantro (in bunches like they come at the grocery stores)?
Any advice is greatly appreciated! Newbie at gardening but I really want to grow my own herbs!!
I would love you to do a piece on aggressive herbs like mint and oregano and creative ways to keep them from taking over the garden.
I’ve used the fresh seed from coriander that has bolted for cooking. It is tremendous in a batter for tofu or mushrooms. It gives a little green flavoured explosion in your mouth as you bite down on each seed. If you are lucky enough to have giant puffballs (a fungus) growing wild near you, slice them into "steaks" and fry in green seed coriander batter. Delicious!
Thank you for that, very informative! We live in Southern California where it gets in the 90’s and beyond over the summer (!), should I protect the herbs?
I had the best crop of Cilantro this Spring after letting my plants go to seed, then scattering the seeds at the end of summer. I had enough to make several batches of Cilantro Pesto with sliced almonds instead of Basil and Pine Nuts, and now its my favorite!
Yes, I grow these and some others. However, I have been supremely unsuccessful in growning basil from seed, so use shop bought and transplant. Any idea why no seed germination, I’ve tried propagator, sealed plastic bags and no aids. I’m not sure what’s left.
Love you videos though, they’re always a treat to watch and so informative. Thanks.
My three favorites to grow!
I’m calling you Dr Herbert from now on
I have all the herbs you mentioned in this video plus oregano, thyme, sage, and rosemary.
We live in Atlanta. Our parsley reseeds so we have plants all year round right out our kitchen door…it grows with a few hours of afternoon sun…had it in a smoothie yesterday..yum
Growing fern leaf dill, giant flat leaf parsley, cilantro, marjoram, onion chives, garlic, French thyme, oregano, basil (2 types) and curly parsley. Oh, and rosemary of course.
Did you purposely make this video in response to my ‘store bought’ herb question, or is this just a coincidence? Either way! Top man! Thank you!
I have literally just ordered off eBay As I am medically shielding. Some organic Italian basil seeds to grow and sage leaves to do the same will let you know and keep you updated of the progress.
Great tips! Thanks
great info, love these 3 herbs
I’m calling you Dr Herbert from now on
basil and parsley for me are already up and growing
I’m growing Big Italy parsley, cilantro, dill, chives, my rosemary plant is filling out nicely, and I’m about to sow some Blue Monday sage. Yay herbs! Thanks for the video, I need to cut off some cilantro today…
Where are you guys located ?? what zone are you in ??
I’m growing parsley and cilantro. But they all seem not growing enough.
Hello, thanks for the short and concise tutorial.
Please l want to know, if l can grow parsley from its root?
I grow purple and sweet basil, flat leaf parsley, cilantro and Mammoth and Bouquet dills! All in containers right on my patio steps from the kitchen. Also, perennial favorites Rosemary and thymes. Love fresh herbs—great video as always!
I’ve got basil. May need to pinch the tops out. The slugs have been enjoying them