Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 1 JuneCilantro under lights on 1 June, one tight crown throwing up fan-shaped leaflets three to a leaf with rounded scalloped edges, a second clump behind it already finer cut at the top, the grow light casting cool blue below and warm orange on the planks.Week of 1 JuneA cut bunch of cilantro on 7 June, piled every which way on the butcher block so the leaves fan out around the edge — each divided into three, the end leaflet fan-shaped and scalloped into rounded blunt lobes, in warm indoor light.