Is anybody growing culantro? I grow cilantro during the winter, but have never tried growing culantro, or even seen it for sale locally.
We definitely can get it around here (N. Cali.) All the Vietnamese Stores carry it.
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I have a pot of culantro growing from leaves (with roots) bought at an Asian market. Just tucked them into the soil, and they did pretty well in a pot in the shade during autumn. I brought them indoors to overwinter, and they stayed healthy with new leaves in a dim corner. Now that I’ve put the pot outside, it is okay, I tried to put it under the sun, but it didn’t seem to like it. Now it was back to shade, grows extremely slowly, I don’t see a big spring start like other herbs, I will add some fertilizer to see how it goes. Still learning…
It’s handy to have the leaves in a pho at home, but I need more.
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I have wanted to grow it. I have tried to grow it from pieces I got in the produce section of a local Asian market without success. Given @naf 's success, I will try again. Seeds I’ve seen online (Etsy? ) seemed expensive.
I found this WorldCrops link with information including other names interesting. I think it was labled ngò gai in my ( NorCal) market.
I remember it being described somewhere as “the herb with a thousand names” or something like that, but I can’t find the source. Here’s a link to a link with names in 31 languages!
This looks useful for growing
I mostly use it for green seasoning, which I make batches of and freeze in ice cube trays.
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Yep.
Sometimes at the Asian Farmer’s I see it with the Root still attached.
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I’ve seen it at Vietnamese markets too, and it’s definitely part of the herb mix for certain Vietnamese dishes in the restaurant. It’s hit or miss though at the bigger, pan-Asian markets we have. We have a decent sized Vietnamese population locally, so you can easily find a lot of Vietnamese ingredients, but this herb seems spotty for availability unless you go to the specialty store.
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I’ve tried culantro from a local store, and it was good, but the price was a little high, so Is tick with my back yard cilantro. Just what i do.
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I’ve assumed it must be a bit seasonal. This package from last summer reads rau gaī
These packages seems to also include something different but I can’t quite make it out. Rau dip kah? “Fish mint”.
More tips
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NAY on the fish mint… 
Not a fan…
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Great link, thanks!
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Rau ram is Vietnamese coriander. No idea what fish mint Rau diep ca is.
Once I was adventurous, and picked up some unknown herbs in Asian market, thinking it would probably be good for some Vietnamese dishes. Well, never in my life I tasted a leaf so bitter! It was neem leaves (goi sau dau)! They ended up cooked in water and used as an insecticide" for my plants instead. 
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Ah! I see!
rau ram
Persicaria odorata; not culantro
vs rau gaī
Eryngium foetidum
I see a difference in the leaves; what I call culantro has a “sawtooth” edge.
My pot of Cây Rau Ngò Gai or culantro, also called Thai parsley or Mexican coriander.
It has much more leaves in winter when indoor, I made several bowls of pho noodles and cut at least some 15+ leaves…
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Nice! Can you describe your indoor setup? Is it under lights?
Nothing special, no lights, it was next to a glass door with other tropical plants, but outside was in the shade. The room was about 17ÂşC and I watered every 14 days.
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