Cilantro will jump up and then you will see it fall over and reroot at that point.We grow it real tight together so it holds each other and it does not get stuck to ground.To slow the bolting down we give it a good across the board butch type hair cut.Just do not cut the new growth that you will see in the sides of stems.The basils we cut tops off to slow down bolting and pick individual leaves only for harvest.If you cut the tops off 4-5 nodes down they will split into twos.The tops we then put into glasses and water then they will root and you have a new plant all over again this also slows down the bolting.The parsleys we give the same haircut this slows down the boltingParsley cuts are put in water to keep green but they will not root.We have gotten basils parsleys to live up to 8 months.Some basils up to two foot.Stagger plantings and you can have these herbs all year long.Basils and cilantros will require shade so put them in a spot where they get early and late sun but shade during the hotter part of the day.Parsleys can take direct sun since they are more woody than the succulent cilantros and basils.
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