Coriander won't grow

roseyposey

Well good to know!!!

I can't grown Coriander and Basil. No matter what I do. Dirt or AP???

If anyone has a solution, please tell me??

keith

i took basil cuttings from the dirt and stuck them right in the gb.. they did great.. so did sage and thyme cuttings

DuiNui

Yup, basil is an AP favourite, put it even close to a GB and it goes mad

SuperVeg

orcy2010 wrote:

coriander is notoriously hard to grow in QLD. Mine just bolts to seed, no matter what time of year.

I seem to grow it OK. Plant seeds straight in garden bed, good drainage, lots of water.
Remember it is only "ready" to pick for a short time. You have to use it when it's ready, not when your ready

Coriander is grown commercially in far north QLD, around Mareeba. So it shouldn't be a temperature issue...

Wildfire

earthbound wrote:

Yep we have the same one here at the shop, only been in for a few months but has been growing fairly well. Looks like there's heaps of seed, in fact it's pretty much been covered in the small flower/seed head bits the whole time we've had it. It is VERY much like coriander.. I just took someone out there today and said here, have a smell of this, he was very surprised at how coriander it was...

in that link I posted it says to promote leaf growth trim all seed stems as they appear which I did yesterday "mine looked very simular to yours" and I was surprised to see a plant still under all the seeds haha

faye

For all of you who want to grow coriander in Perth, now is the time. There are heaps of people that I hear say, my coriander won't grow and it bolts to flower and seed in the warmer months. So if you like corainder - plant now!

kevyrev

My basil grows much better in AP than it ever has in soil. I take cuttings from basil and root new plants right in the growbed.
Coriander grows best in cold months. Try growing it in warm weather and it will bolt fast a shoot up flowering stems and go to seed. Any leaves that remain on plant become bitter.

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