So many beginner gardeners don’t know that cilantro is a cool season crop. When you go to the garden center, they sell cilantro for you along with the basil time and parsley. The problem is they never put the cilantro out in April when we can grow it up here in Chicago! so you should direct so your cilantro seeds in the middle of April and then succession plant every three weeks new seeds in behind your taller vegetables. That will create a cooler environment for them to tolerate in the summer a