I LOVE coriander and over the months have bought a few of the "living herbs" pottles you can get from any supermarkert. They wilt and die within minutes of me taking the plastic sleeve off them and putting them on the kitchen window sill (as per instructions) what's going on!
lilyfield,
Feb 8, 7:13am
They may be totally dried up and when you remove the wrap that keeps them upright, the plants collapses. Give them a good watering before removing wrap.
stevee6,
Feb 8, 7:43am
And if the kitchen windowsill is in full sun, they cannot cope. Bright light, indirect sun works best.
theboss17,
Feb 8, 7:53am
use a spray bottle with water
dezzie,
Feb 8, 8:03am
Give them a good soak, still in the plastic sleeve, then put them in a bit bigger pot, with some potting mix (the pots they come in are ugly anyway)the poor things are usually rootbound and theres hardly any actual soil around their roots, I repot them, give them a bit of TLC, and lots actually end up planted in the garden.
tjc30,
Feb 8, 10:49am
coriander is so easy to grow and lasts so much longer than the bought stuff. I always just thow a whole pile of seeds in the container or garden area I want and then pick it and freeze it as I grow it. When it goes to seed.I just save that and start again
wheelz,
Feb 8, 12:18pm
Goes to seed very fast this time of year, unless you have a very cool shaded spot.
lythande1,
Feb 8, 1:34pm
Just grow it in a planter or your garden.
sossie1,
Feb 8, 1:36pm
me too, I used to be a buyer of punnets, now i just chuck seeds all over the place. Each year the same part of the garden grows parsley and coriander, not to mention my "feral" tomatoes
mottly,
Feb 8, 2:27pm
I bought some the other day, got home, planted it straight into the garden, under the shade of my pineapple sage, and it's going great.Perhaps too hot on the windowsill.
spiritofgonzo,
Feb 8, 4:46pm
In Tauranga you grow it in winter.Coriander will bolt straight to seed in summer, as it's too hot and stressful for it.
tonijo,
Feb 8, 4:56pm
Same in ChCh - I grow fantastic coriander in winter from all the self seeding of the summer ones
shop-a-holic,
Feb 8, 10:09pm
Those pottles from the supermarket have been grown under rapid and hot, and hydroponic conditions, and then just "inserted" into the green punnet for presentation sake and sent to the super marches.
Unfortunately, they have not been grown outdoors to climatise nor tolerate alternative environments, despite the logical thinking of keeping it warm and indoors on a windowsill carefully looked after.
They do not have any roots in which to establish themselves IF they survive. Tip one out!Take a peek!
I now know I'm buying $4 worth of potting mix with a couple of days, stretching to a week of a herb to use in cooking.
donnabeth,
Feb 9, 7:48am
Maybe they like the cool because I take them out of the pottle, split them up and plant them right into the garden and they continue to thrive. I shook seeds everywhere last year, but the plants ended up bolting to seed(which I've saved again).
galex,
Feb 9, 8:15am
nzgrooveriderI have had exactly the same experience as you. I don't bother buying the Coriander pottles anymore.The basil I bought however is going great.
plastic8,
Feb 9, 10:30am
I have found the exact same thing too, and had given up - will try from seed!
taurus2005,
Mar 1, 2:58am
Yep, I throw a few seeds in one spot of my garden once a week .
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