Coriander

[Rose.mary]

Please can somebody help me with coriander? I love the stuff but cannot get it to grow successfully. I sow in ordinary compost and it germinates O.K. but when it is about 2/3" high it starts to lose its green colour and turn yellow. :'(
Rosemary

[Rose.mary]

[the_snail]

What conditions are you growing them in?
Are you growing them in trays or pots?

[Rose.mary]

 Wow that was quick S-S  thanks.
I am sowing in pots about 3/4 seeds to the pot on the window sill in the kitchen, facing south west.
Rosemary

[the_snail]

It may be many things. It may be to warm in you kitchen. Try to sow some again and as soon as they appear put them outdoors in a sheltered place.

[the_snail]

PS When I was young we used to sow the seed straight outside and it grew like a weed. Not grown it in ages might try some! I will sow some tommorow.

[Rose.mary]

Thanks. That is what I may be doing wrong. I thought it would be too cold to sow them in my potting shed on the allotment, as I thought they were a warm weather herb :-[
Rosemary

[the_snail]

I would try some outside. I am going to put some in trays in the greenhouse and some outdoors in lets say the middle of may when it should be nice and warm outside.

[gavin]

My experience of sowing coriander inside/in pots/or any other gentle treatment?  As soon as the young plants experience the "temperate" joys of early summer in Yorkshire May, they panic - and set flower and seed instead.

I'd sow outside - and a really daft idea?  They are a lot hardier than the packets give them credit for?  Self-seeded plants seem to give a much better crop of leaves - sowing in autumn gives a much better crop?

Just a thought - after yet another mild winter :)

All best - Gavin

[the_snail]

Good thinking gavin!

[tim]

Mine too, Gavin.

[diver]

mine's growing fine in a cold greenhouse with the door open...in the sunny northwest