- You will get 150 Seeds of Cumin Culinary Heirloom Herb Seeds. - Sunlight: Full Sun. - Life Cycle: Annual. - Watering: Medium. - Heirloom Cumin Herb Seed for Growing. - Cumin is native to the eastern Mediterranean through to East India. Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is an annual flowering plant from the family Apiaceae, or parsley family, whose seeds are used in the cuisines of Mexico, Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. - Start outside 7 to 14 days after average last frost and when the temperatures are warm. Plant a group of 4 seeds at a depth of OE inch every 4 inches. When seedlings are 2 inches tall, thin to 1 plant every 4 to 8 inches. Seed should germinate in 7 to 14 days.