Corriander

[Emma]

Has any one got any advice on growin corriander, I got given some seeds yesterday? Could it be the next herb of the month pleeeease.

[Andy Hamilton]

I have not had much luck with corriander myself either, will look into it as researching it might help me find out what I am doign wrong too. Thanks for the suggestion.

[catalyst]

coriander really doesnt like drying out... apart from that its very easy here, we grow it through the winter

andy

[Wombat]

I hate the leaves - they taste like crap - but like the seeds and they seed prolifically. Sorry, I just planted them and they grew!

Nev

[catalyst]

me too, i just stick em in the ground in november/december and trhen start eating the leaves.... i love em...

and its supposed to strengthen the heart, clean the arteries... good stuff!

seeds, i occassionally bung a handful in a stew...or curry...

[Millymollymandy]

I'm growing it at the moment but in the past I've never had much luck. Whenever I tried it in a hot dry climate I got about 4 pathetic leaves and then it went to seed. When I was in London I used to grow it in pots but it didn't do very well like that either.

Right now my plants have about 4 little leaves but are only about 1" tall!! I keep watering them a lot because I believe they don't like to be dry.

Anyway it is an absolute must because we can only buy the leaves in pathetic tiny plastic packets which cost a fortune in France (makes barely 2 tablespoons chopped). If I wanted to do some of the Indian recipes I like in green sauce it would cost me about €50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wulf]

The seeds I planted earlier this year have come up but are a bit swamped by the nasturtiums in the same plot (companion planting ideas). I really must be a bit more disciplined about thinning things out!

I'll probably set some more growing. I was very encouraged by the broad leaf parsley I grew from seed last year. By mid-summer it was still weedy so I dumped it in the ground without much hope; it came up strong by the end of the summer, overwintered successfully and is now about 3.5' tall! I don't think coriander is quite so hardy but I'm hoping to get a usable supply for a month or two (my wife doesn't like the taste, so it will be great to be able to pick just what I need!).

Wulf

[Andy Hamilton]

This years seems to be yeilding much better results with my corriander. I have put it in a window box along with some other herbs and all have come up really well. I think that last year it was because I transplanted it that it bolted and went to seed. Corriander hates being transplanted.

I filled a window box for a mate last year with loads of herbs including corriander and he is still using it! The trick is just to bring it inside on the particually cold nights.

[greenchi]

Hiya...... I grow Corriander all year round and find in summer it prefers a little shade during the hottest part of the day....

[Millymollymandy]

My coriander got big and bushy very quickly and we ate lots of Asian food then all of as sudden it has started going to seed. There's still pickings on it and I've never seen it grow so big before. Luckily I have already sown two more lots since then, but really it seems it is only good for picking for about a week to 10 days.

[Andy Hamilton]

My coriander got big and bushy very quickly and we ate lots of Asian food then all of as sudden it has started going to seed. There's still pickings on it and I've never seen it grow so big before. Luckily I have already sown two more lots since then, but really it seems it is only good for picking for about a week to 10 days.

Did you transplant it? Last year when I grew some it grew really quickly and went to seed. I have since found out that corriander hates to be transplanted the plant will feel like it is under attack and so go to seed very quickly in order to pass on its seed for another year.

[Millymollymandy]

No! Just some sunshine here is all and not even very hot - about 21C because there is a north wind. I'm not complaining about it though as I've never had such a great result - and in any event the in-laws arrive in 5 days and there won't be anything remotely curry like on the menu then, unfortunately!!