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04 Jan 20, anon (Australia - tropical climate)

Read the notes about when to plant and check them each day or two in a pot especially when the plant is mature. www.gardenate.com/plant/Coriander?zone=4

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09 May 19, Vicki (Australia - tropical climate)

Hi hi are there any tips for growing coriander and parsley in our hot to cooler climate now? Thanks

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21 May 19, Geoff (Australia - temperate climate)

Plant in full sun in late autumn (now). If you plant when it is warm to hot you will get little plants that bolt to flower.

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15 Dec 18, David Pritchard (Australia - temperate climate)

Instructions for growing coriander depend on whether you want to grow it for seed or to use the green foliage as a herb. Like most gardeners I just grow it for the green foliage - after all you can buy the seed in Continental / Middle Eastern grocery stores by the kg at a very reasonable price. And the greens picked fresh straight from the garden are delicious - better than from veggie shop. Space plants at 10 to 15 cm if you just want the greens - That's because you will be harvesting when the plants are around 20cm high. You can treat it as a cut-and-come-again crop to some extent. I find that in Sydney I can plant coriander seeds from late March right thru the winter till about October. I plant a small patch about once every 6 weeks during that time. It is at its most tender during cool to mild weather, and actually very easy to grow. Once your spring weather warms to max in the high 20s or more your coriander will quickly bolt to seed and be not worth eating. Unfortunately there are some Australian gardening books and seed packets that still advise the opposite - ie to plant thru summer which has resulted in very many garden failures, even with "slow bolt coriander" seeds. Btw seed direct, coriander doesn't transplant well.

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28 Nov 18, Jeremy (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)

Durban coriander is very tasty and fragrant. The coriander we buy in Cape Town has no flavour and no taste ! Any idea why ? I just throw it away. Durban is sub tropical, and Cape Town is Mediterranean. Thanks, Jeremy Anderson, Cape Town.

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21 Sep 22, Bee-Pie (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

Kwazulu-Natal receives more annual rainfall than that of the Western Cape. Their average annual temperatures are 21 degrees celsius and 14 degrees celsius respectively. East of 25 degree longitude(KZN), soils have formed under wet summers and dry winters. The weather and soil types are the main reason why grapes aren't as successfully grown in KZN as they are in the Western Cape. It all boils down soil type and weather.

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07 Nov 18, Ingo (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

I have grown Coreander now 3 times but the leaves are tasteless no coriander tast. Can someone explain please.

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09 Nov 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Suggest you try a different variety. Try the internet for different seeds.

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21 Jul 18, Daniela - Sydney (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have bought a Coriader plant fro the local Aldi. I was wandering if I could plant it oudside.

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23 Jul 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Plant outside Aug/Sept it says for sub-tropical

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