Growing Coriander

If you’re growing coriander in your herb garden, you need to pick a sunny spot with well drained soil.

You can sow outdoors in Spring for harvesting that year or in Autumn to harvest the following year. Thin out to one plant every 8 inches (20cm) or so.

It grows to 9-12 inches high (23-3-cm).

It flowers early to mid summer and when the seeds are yellowish brown is the right time to harvest.

A packet of seeds will produce many plants, so if you pot up your thinnings, coriander might be a good herb to grow for profit. You will get many seeds from your plants which you can use to sow for the next year.

The coriander herb will self seed if left to its own devices - in fact, it could turn into a bit of a weed if you don't want that much.

Growing Coriander Indoors
Just take a pot of well watered compost and put a pinch of seeds in it – cover with compost and firm it all down.

When the seed has germinated, thin out to one plant.

Rescue Remedy for Coriander
If you're lucky enough to inherit an established herb garden but your coriander is out of control, then don't worry too much.

You'll lose a year at the most as you can harvest the seed heads and hang them upside down in a paper bag to ripen - sow the seeds the following spring as above.

Alternatively, just keep the patch free of weeds and allow the coriander to self seed – thin out to the quantity of plants you want to keep.

For an explanation of gardening terms that you might not understand, please check out the Growers Dictionary section.
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