Topic: Going to Seed.

[tim]

Right - so this is ROMANESCO - always wondered!!

[ellkebe]

That's not what my Romanesco looks like  :(

[Piglottie]

Glad I'm not the only one with nice white flowers on my coriander instead of lots of lushous leaves - thought it was beginners bad luck!  Will try again and see what happens.

[Hot_Potato]

My coriander (which is the first time I've grown it) has bolted too.....went away for 10 days and when I returned - it was 2ft high with all these flowers on/in it....at first I thought it was weed growing thru but soon realised what had happened....

[redimp]

Right - so this is ROMANESCO - always wondered!!

Is it romanescu broccoli or cauliflower - or is there no difference.  I saw it called cauliflower on a site yesterday - I have Romanescu broccoli but it does not look like that yet.

[tim]

Nor it should!! Correctly, Broccoli.

It should be a nicely sized conical heart. This is another gone-to-seed thing.

[Svea]

ok, have a question for you guys.

i still have that flowering coriander and a lot of it has now got green seeds on it. how do you harvest coriander seeds? do you have to wait until they turn brown on the plant, or could i pull up the plants now and hang them somewhere to dry and will that give me good edible coriander seeds? :)

thanks.

[BAGGY]

My father in law (whi is fromSri Lanka) ate most of my seeds when they went brown. straight from the plant.  You kind of crumble them from the top and they are ready to use.

[Marianne]

Svea, I am not sure but I believe you wait for the seeds to darken a little then harvest them.  Keep them in a little paper bag and plant out in spring - Hope this is the right thing to say  ??? ::)