Re: Advice on coriander

The leaves of coriander are commonly known as cilantro. It makes it a bit
confusing - coriander and cilantro being the same plant.

If you want to harvest the leaves, cilantro really prefers cooler
conditions.  As you've seen, as soon as temperatures go much above 80, the
plant goes to seed, and the leaves change shape as well as taste.  I stop
seeding cilantro until late August so that the heat passes and the plant can
grow in cooler weather.

Otherwise, here are a few tricks - seed short rows and seed them a week
apart instead of all at once. Pick the leaves heavily, as soon as you see 3
or 4 leaves on the plant, start picking.  It does delay bolting a bit.
Also, try growing cilantro in the shade of other plants like tomatoes.

Good luck!
Arzeena
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----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Day <allan@crwys.demon.co.uk>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:12 AM
Subject: Advice on coriander


>
>  Can anyone please advise on growing leaf coriander. All our reference
>  books only mention coriander grown for its seed but the leaves are
>  currently used in many recipes. So far our efforts have had very poor
>  and slow germination with plants readily going to seed and in doing so
>  giving another type of leaf, more like carrot rather than the normal
>  parsley-like ones. We have managed to obtain some seed specifically for
>  leaf production but would appreciate any hints on temperature for
>  germination and other conditions for good growth. TIA Pam & Allan
>
> --
>
> Allan Day  Hereford  allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>
>
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