This harvest and delivery day was pretty cool when it comes to seeing the progress of the cilantro. Unfortunately, I was unable to grab a picture of the trays before they were harvested, so I will do my best to talk about how much better they were. In previous weeks, they had been struggling with the cilantro growing limp or the trays growing in patches. This would leave small sections in each tray that would be harvestable. Today, however, the trays were full of beautifully grown cilantro greens. I asked the Head of Cultivation what they had done differently in order to achieve this successful growth. He basically simplified it to one thing: less water. In order to achieve this, he took two different steps. The first of the two steps, I wouldn't have guessed myself but makes total sense. He explained that he decided to use less soil in the trays. This is because the less soil that is in the trays, the less water is able to be retained in the soil. Since the farm had been facing some humidity and temperature fluctuations throughout the summer, the water content of the soil would tend to be higher than normal. As a result of this, choosing to control how much water can be retained in the soil helps mitigate this problem. The second step to bettering the