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(Best months for planting Coriander in Australia - cool/mountain regions)

• Easy to grow.
• Harvest in 30-45 days
• Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed.
• Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 25°C.
• Space plants: thin to 45cm apart

Broadcast sow and thin to 45 cm apart. Grows to about 60cm. Harvest 30 -45 days A half-hardy herb with feathery leaves. .

Needs full sun and mulch to prevent drying out. Keep very well watered. If they dry out, then they will bolt to seed. Plant in successions (planting new seed every few weeks) to get a continuous supply.

Culinary hints - cooking and eating Coriander

Use the leaves to flavour hot meals or add fresh to salads.
The seeds can be dried and ground up for curries.

Your comments and tips

22 Jul 09 Boz (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi sjsjs, I would suggest that you try again in September (for a temperate area). I started with one plant which went to seed quickly. I collected most seeds but then left the rest to self-sow and now have plenty of plants growing strong through Winter. The great thing is that I have plants at different stages of their life-cycle so I always have a fresh supply ready. I suggest using plenty of sugar-cane mulch to prevent weeds and insects, and reduces watering needs.

11 Aug 09 Kandy (Australia - temperate climate)

I've tried coriander numerous times in pots and it always dies off. For some reason, I ended up putting coriender seedlings straight into the garden in about May, and now I have coriander 'trees', one two feet high! All my friends are swapping for other plants. I have no idea what to use them for! Mine have morning sun which fades about 2pm. They're in a clay soil, and I surround them with mulch. Goodluck!

26 Aug 09 Rama (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in Melbourne. I put seeds some time in March April. It needs to be above 20 C for a few days for it to germinate. Then it gets cold here in Melbourne. After about 3-4 weeks, I start picking leaves only. Then in about 10-15 days, it is ready to pick. This goes on till it warms up in October/November. I get plentiful supply of fresh coriander all through April to October/November. I need rarely water, is it is cold enough. Also I plant in shade (of the fence), and it does not seem to matter much. I just buy the cooking coriander seeds available in Indian Grocery store (500 grams costs a few dollars) and use it as seed. What I find is that the leaves from this coriander has a lot more flavour - When I pick with bare hands, the smell does not go even after a casual wash with soap! I have been doing this for the last decade. Right now I have coriander planted at three spots - a total of about 2 sq metres.

30 Aug 09 Diane (United Kingdom - temperate/cool climate)

I want to grow a crop of coriander in the polytunnel between September and March. Has anyone had any success during these months, in the UK or other cool/temperate climate. Ideally I'd like to harvest around .5 of a kilo each week.

15 Sep 09 Peter (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I tried some coriander last year and it didn't do much of anything. Then during winter I noticed a few small plants had popped up on their own! Those are now big, healthy plants and spring has only barely begun. Finally I have good coriander and without having to do a thing. If you are in Melbourne like me, I'd advise to plant the seeds in early/mid autumn, so the plant can establish itself over winter.

27 Jan 10 ashley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I am a great coriander fan and my wife is Thai so you can imagine it gets plenty of use. I have been trying to grow from seed while she is away .. I have tried direct sowing in the garden without success had some success with seed brought direct from farm in Thailand (seedlings had small bluish tip when germinating in potting mix, some transplants worked. Currently trying to grow from seed harvested both locally and from the imported plants. Used potting mix in pots this time but nothing showing after 3 weeks , very hot weather , kept up water and used all purpose bead fertiliser in modest quantities. Any and all advice appreciated . Location Tweed heads.

14 Feb 10 Julie Lake (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Mainly for Ashley at Tweed Heads - I live at Tamborine Mtn and have grown coriander for years - rule is, plant seed in autumn (or buy young plants in winter) and grow through winter, harvest in late spring. Save seed and sow again in, say, April-May. Don't even think of trying to grow in summer!

21 Feb 10 ashley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

To Julie Lake , re coriander,thanks for the advice , convincing proof of the accuracy of your advice is just starting to appear in pots and garden I seeded about 2 months back - lets hope I get enough for a supply of seed. Will have to find some way for around the year supply because we really get through some and I hate buying those limp supermarket offerings. Thanks again.

28 Feb 10 Leah (Australia - temperate climate)

I have struggled to keep coriander producing in the past too (i.e goes to seed very fast) However, the best way I have recently found is to plant seed around other leafy vegetables, where it stays moist and shaded. I have had ALOT of coriander come up under and around my beetroot and it is thriving happily there... I just pick leaves as I need them which keeps the plants small enough to be happy under the other plants.

28 Feb 10 Barb (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

For those of with summers too warm for coriander... Another option is 'long-leaf coriander' (Eryngium foetidum), a completely different species. Not quite as yummy as normal coriander, it has a strong coriander taste, and it copes with heat. I grow it in semi-shade all summer long. You need two lots - one you allow to go to seed, and the eating one where you pick-out the flower stalks as they form, to avoid the leaves getting too prickly.