Coriander on windowsill

[cardiffsteve]

I'm trying to grow shop bought coriander on the kitchen window sill but it keeps dying.
The basil is okay but not the coriander.

Where am i going wrong?
Thoughts and suggestions please.

[northepaul]

I cant get shop grown coriander or parsley to live longer than a week either Steve. I think its probably grown far too fast and not mature enough to last. The trick is to grow your own from seed and try and keep it going....

[veggiechicken]

Not an answer to the coriander question but I have found it easier to keep the plants going if I transplant them into a bigger pot. I have parsley in the greenhouse bed that has been there over a year from a 50p reduced pot. Similarly with the chives. This year's basils are just about still alive in the greenhouse.
Basically, you're buying an overcrowded mass of seedlings in need of thinning out.

[horticultural_hobbit]

I have home grown coriander on the window sill, is about two inches or so high. The seeds sown at the lotment have been an abject failure. The one at home was rescued from the blowaway. It's only come on since then. The funky leaves are just starting to sprout. Plan is to move onto plot next year if it survives.

[cardiffsteve]

Think coriander has had it!
Its flopped over and leaves going brown.
Maybe too cold on windowsill? who knows!
Nevermind roll on next year.

Thanks everyone

[SarrissUK]

I don't have much luck with coriander on the window sill either Steve. Parsley can't grow well in a small pot as they grow a massive taproot - plant them in a bigger pot. No idea why the coriander doesn't want to grow big, so I've resorted to doing coriander as micro herbs - works great for salads, and you can use cheap big bags from the super market, so it won't cost much either

[Maccabee]

Shop bought herb pots tend to be rammed full of seedlings. Maybe that's the problem? Try sowing one to a pot and see if it lives any longer. Or it could be that it's a shock for the plants? Either way sowing from seed should sort both these problems out

[petehydroshow]

Gettting your Corriander to stand up straight...

Hello Everyone,

I am Pete, Director of Hydroshow TV and Hydromag - a hydroponics TV and magazine respectively.

Getting your coriander to stand up can be tricky, I have had similar problems. What we have discovered is that because the sun is not at its strongest, the coriander starts to stretch to try and get closer to it!

The answer... if you put your coriander in a propagator and place a 'T5' fluorescent light over the top of it, directly on top of the propagator, the plant will stretch less and give your coriander time to develop and become strong so that when it does get taller it doesn't flop over.

Also - try not to water the leaves on the coriander, the weight of the water droplet alone can make your seedlings flop.

Hope this helps.

Pete

[SoulBroNo1]

I currently have some coriander growing from seed on the windowsill. It has become very leggy searching for light and has all but flopped over.

I am almost certain all the seeds have sprouted and am toying with the idea of throwing some more soil in to give the seedlings extra support.

[Scarlet]

It's worth a shot ! I think it's much too early to sow now - late march is the earliest for me. You will have much better results if you wait for a few more weeks and sow some more. They will always catch up with the earlier sown seeds so you don't gain anything either.

[SoulBroNo1]

Yeh, I think you are right.

It is just that coriander is so damn delicious! I can't imagine some dishes without it.

[Tripmeup]

I never start thinking about sowing coriander until around March.. And even then depends on weather..

[SoulBroNo1]

So I topped up the pots today and they are already a lot more sturdier and standing more upright.

Hopefully they wont be searching for light anymore and start to bush out a bit.

[eospete]

I put my supermarket coriander straight into the cold frame. Both pots have survived for 3 weeks with minimal watering. Tough love seems to beat pandering coriander on a sill?
P

[chris]

Up until recently, I had some that had self seeded due to me leaving a packet out in the rain - came back evey year and started to grow into my lawn. It's gone now, but I've found when it's warm enough (much later than you think), just surface sow - it'll germinate fast and grow rapid due to the extra warmth.

I have a lot outside with seed just chucked on the top, and then with some plastic over it to keep the warmth in- if it fails I'll sow the other half of the packet into it (big pot) probably around mid-late may. Works for me - but that's in my local climate


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