How to grow coriander?

Would it make you realy jealous if I told you that I have more corriander growing than I know what to do with? And it self seeds itself and just grows with no effort on my part? Mine is in a sunny bed, which is fairly dry. It grows with a few other things in the bed too, some lettuces, perpetual spinach and some garlic. I change the things depending on what odds and sods as I have around though as it's my sort of catch all bed near the house. So sorry I can't be any more help to you, but I do wish you luck!

I am currently growing cilantro (the leafy green version) and it's doing pretty well. I must admit I did not grow it from a seed though. I bought it aldready sprouted from a local garden shop and then planted it in a window box with some rosemary. I don't have a yard because i live in the city so I use window boxes for fresh herbs. So far the cilantro looks pretty happy. It gets afternoon sun, and we try to keep it well watered. Maybe trying to grow it with an already sprouted plant will help you? Good luck!

Coriander should not be difficult to grow. Like parsley, it takes a long time to germinate (up to 3 weeks) and the seedlings don't like being moved, so it should really be sown in the place where you intend it to grow. If you want to grow it for the leaf (cilantro), it is best to grow it in a semi-shaded spot, since full sun can encourage it to flower early. Harvest the leaves when the plant is large enough to cope. If you have more leaf than you can use immediately, quite a good way of preserving it is to chop the herb and freeze it in water in ice cube trays. When you need to use it, you simply add one or two cubes to the dish in the same way that you would use the fresh leaves. This also works very well for parsley and other similar herbs that are used fresh. If you want to grow for seed, plant it in a sunny spot and harvest the seed heads before they are quite ripe. Put them in a paper bag and hang upside down in a warm spot until they are dried and the seeds fall off the stems. It needs a fine tilth as a seed bed and it's a good idea to incorporate some compost when you dig the bed over. Sow seeds 4cm apart in drills 1cm deep and, when the seedlings appear, thin to 20cm apart. If you want fresh cilantro/coriander leaves throughout the summer, make successive sowings every four weeks. Water as necessary but not too often once the plants are established. Coriander has a deep root and the lower soil is where it obtains most of its water. It can be grown quite successfully in containers but, since the plant has a long taproot, the containers should be quite deep. Sow the seed as above and thin the seedlings, leaving the strongest ones to grow. It is quite a bushy (and attractive) plant when full-grown, so do not be alarmed if your first thinning seems to leave the container looking rather bare! Coriander is an annual and is not frost-hardy, so it should be sown fresh every year after the risk of frost is past.

I don't have any luck getting anything to grow from seed here. The wind blows so much it's nearly impossible to keep soil damp enough for seed to germinate. I have grown cilantro (coriander is the seed of cilantro), from a plant. It did not reseed itself as my parsley has done.

Grow coriander in a pot. Get some green coriander and spread in on the soil of the pot pushing the twigs slightly inside the soil. Water it. You will see them growing. It will not be on a large scale but only for your own use.

Hi Sonia beta I tell you a very simple way, take some seeds, rub it with an old used shoe, plant them in sandy soil, add little water, am sure they sprout so soon, this works always, though i don't know the reason behind.. Thank you so much for this discussion. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.