Coriander

[New_Bud]

I've read a few things about coriander and not all of them good. I am growing some in a pot outside and also a lone seed in a pot on my window sill and I was mightily surprised to find the windowsill seed had produced a shoot this morning.

I have moved it out to my growhouse (which I assembled today) and I was wondering, will it do as well out there? And does anyone have any tips?

Also I read that when you snip back coriander for harvest and use it dies. Is this true? Or is there a way to do it without the plant dying?

Cheers!

[zanussi101]

i've found that coriander grows really well outside. i've got some in my greenhouse too which isn't doing so well at the moment but i think that was down to me not potting it on early enough.
It just keeps growing when you harvest it. i just take a few leaves off each plant when I need it.
My oldest plants are starting to flower now which isn;t a problem for me as I want to harvest the seed from them for cooking too.

[zazen999]

Hi
Coriander - great stuff.

There are 2 types, some grown for seed and some for leaves. The stuff grown for seed seems to be most popular, but it does have a tendency to bolt so even if you aren't using it, keep it chopped back and it should last all summer. It dies off if not watered [if in a pot] or when it frosts.

I grow the seed coriander with my carrots to keep the carrot fly away and it has worked so far. The smell disguises the carroty smell and so no flies. At the end of the season I let it seed and collect this for next year's carrot fly coriander. I don't eat this type though. It also drops all over the place and I let it grow unless I need the room.

i grow the leaf coriander for eating, and keep it separate.

[Alison]

You won't get much from a single seed - I always plant a few in pots from spring through to autumn as I get through loads of the stuff. You can keep it going by keeping cutting but it will bolt eventually.

[New_Bud]

You won't get much from a single seed - I always plant a few in pots from spring through to autumn as I get through loads of the stuff. You can keep it going by keeping cutting but it will bolt eventually.

Oh don't get me wrong, I have several seeds in a pot outside, but I just experimented with the one on my windowledge I plan to pot it in with the rest when it gets bigger

[squashysu]

coriander is great, when it has grown and you want to use and not let it bolt, then get some freezer bags and bag it up and put in the freezer, then take a handful when you need it and the smell is gorgeous still and it is just lovely and so easy to use in cooking,

what isnt good in coriander - oooo i feel a curry coming on!!

SS

[deezyb]

hi - welcome! I've been sowing pots of coriander seed every 3/4 weeks for the last few weeks - I've some outside in my greenhouse, and one or two on windowsills - the ones outside are fine, but as zazen999 suggests, chop it back or pick a few leaves randomly now and then to keep it going, very easy to bolt this plant!

[New_Bud]

will do! Cheers deezyb
I felt like rescuing the thyme plant they had reduced in tescos today, it smelt fantastic but I thought it might be cheating!

[muslimgrower]

you can pinch out the flower before it evolves in to a flower, this slows it down a bit but it picks up again, when the flower grows the plant uses all its energy for seed production, but if you pinch it out you should be able to keep the grow going for some more weeks

[chuffa]

I got about 9 plants and put them in my seed bed on the lottie. Ive had great leaves and now i have let them run to seed which i will collect and let a few self seed for next year.