Growing Coriander

[joseph kavanagh]

dose anybody know how long you can grow corriander in a poly throughout the 4 seasons. if anyone knows i would love to hear from you kind regards joseph kavanagh

[Shellerz]

I would also like help with this - it's getting a bit cold to grow herbs outside in the UK now.

[paul]

Hi both,

I think it depends where you are living ?? If you are up North ( scotland, north of england ) it tends to get colder up there. I think you do need a certain temprature to keep it growing and also the amount of light per day is important. i would think as long as the frost dosn't get at it it could grow all year long.

[Shellerz]

I'm in Yorkshire so fairly far north hehe

I was having abit of success with it on my windowsill (good warmth/light) but they have died off a bit when I put them in the garden (unlike my parsley which is thriving in the same plot). weird.

[Lesley Jay]

Shellerz coriander is mediterranean in origin which is why it doesn't like our cold weather so I would keep growing it on your windowsill. Parsley is a hardy herb and can survive our winters.

[Lizald]

Joseph

Are you asking how long you can keep sowing it to propogate new plants? Or how long it will last outdoors?

I would think you could probably carry on sowing until July or so to get fresh plants to sell - that way they'll be mature before the frosts - a cloche won't protect from frosts I wouldn't think.

If you want to sell all year round, then you'll have to sow indoors and keep the plants going inside - a heated greenhouse probably - it doesn't like being transplanted very much, so sow in pots.

If it's how long it will last - then you need to remember it's an annual and so you need to keep it from flowering.

I would think that you can probably keep it going until November if it's in a cloche, but the frosts and short days will kill it off.


Regards Liz

[Shellerz]

Cheers for the advice - I moved them inside in a propagator, not as much light in the house but at least its warm. They were fast dying off in the garden.

[wendyinspain]

I was interested to read about growing coriander in the cold. I have lived in inland Spain now for almost 5 years. Getting fresh coriander is very difficult and I try every year to grow it. The area I am in is called Castril (Altiplano de Granada) and it is extremely hot in the summer but extremely cold in the winter. Since November it has snowed over 5 times and the temperature drops well below freezing every night. But guess what, my coriander is looking great. In the summer I just can't keep it watered enough and it soon dries out. But every winter my discarded seeds start to grow, either in pots or in the ground and more often than not through the snow.

I write an article called the desperate gardener for a local expat magazine called the sierras - www.the-sierras-magazine-spain.com and I was just writing my article now and talking about my coriander and I did a search for 'coriander growing cold' and your thread came up - hence my response.

[Toppooky]

I have read this with interest as I find coriander really hard to grow. I find it grows too fast and then goes to seed but I am not in the North of the country.

Good luck

[Pot man UK]

I think you would need to heat the greenhouse in the colder months and then it would probably be very tough to get good results. Corriander is best grown fast in small 7cm pots and then cut before it goes to seed which does happen very quickly.

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[Diggetty]

I sow coriander direct outside in the spring (NW England), it grows enormous in full sun, more stunted in the shade. Great gap filler, if you like the scent. I leave it to seed overwinter so it self-sows again next season. But as mentioned it is a medit.herb & can only be grown stunted in pots indoors over winter.
I leave it to flower as the insects/pollinators LOVE it!
Coriander does not transplant well, in my experience. It likes to deep root & is best sown where it is to grow.

[Tzvi]

Heating up the greenhouse should do the trick , it might be a problem though if you dont have one.

[safronsue]

must try coriander in a pot now as although i'm in the med' i have never succeeded in growing it, it just goes to seed in a flash.

[Turfwars]

Originally Posted by wendyinspain

I was interested to read about growing coriander in the cold. I have lived in inland Spain now for almost 5 years. Getting fresh coriander is very difficult and I try every year to grow it.

Hi Wendy,

That is really interesting! I (used ) to live in Italy not so long ago and coriander seemed to be absolutely rife! We would often see it on menus in restaurants when we went out to eat and it was readily available in the supermarkets. I always thought that Italy and Spain shared a simialr climate...

Still, maybe it is a regional thing. Sorry to hear that you are struggling to get/grow it out there, still, it is a small price to pay for better weather eh?!