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gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 11:28 am Post subject: Spice rack coriander...

Having forgotten to add coriander to a seed order and unable to buy from a garden centre, I'm tempted to follow the RHS advice contained in an email last week:

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Seeds can be found in the kitchen cupboard: marrowfat peas (for pea shoots), chickpeas, coriander, dill, celery (this will be leaf celery), fennel, fenugreek and mustard all make good sprouts or microsalads – or can be grown on as herbs or vegetables.

Has anyone on here sown coriander seeds from their spice rack???

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 11:33 am Post subject:

I've let my cilantro go to seed to become coriander in my spice rack

It should be fine, though you may get a variety that's been bred for seed and not leaf. The big what-if is how old the seed is and how it's been stored. You may have reduced germination or totally dead seed. The only harm in trying is potentially wasted coriander.

Also it almost goes without saying that you need whole seed, not ground (I'm sure someone will try and be disappointed)

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 11:35 am Post subject:
My mum used to plant so much coriander that it wasn’t practical to use seed packets, she just used packs sold for spice

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 12:10 pm Post subject:
Yes it's seeds - ha ha - and I actually bought it just a couple of month ago (unlike some of the spices in my spice rack . There's only one way to find out, isn't there!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46246
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 20 1:44 pm Post subject:
yep i have used kilo bags as green manure( and swapped the spare crop for goose eggs )

Midlandsman

Joined: 22 May 2014
Posts: 116

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 20 5:49 pm Post subject:

Slim wrote:

I've let my cilantro go to seed to become coriander in my spice rack

Put 20 seeds on a damp kitchen towel and fold it over. Put it in something like a lidded takeaway pot and wait to see if they sprout. It's a good way to test the viability.

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 20 8:54 pm Post subject:
Good idea

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Wed May 06, 20 9:39 am Post subject:
Update! 3 weeks in and a no show for the spice rack seeds...have given in and made another seed order, funny how my list grew way beyond coriander -

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed May 06, 20 11:10 am Post subject:
I must admit I haven't grown it for years (no veg plot) but something that mum and dad used to do was just crack the seed casing before sowing so that's what I used to do. I did occasionally buy seed packets for varieties that were supposedly less prone to bolting but always went back to grocery store stuff as we used to harvest the seeds for spice use anyway

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Wed May 06, 20 1:24 pm Post subject:

gythagirl wrote:

Update! 3 weeks in and a no show for the spice rack seeds...have given in and made another seed order, funny how my list grew way beyond coriander -

Seeds are sneaky things. They invade one's thought process with visions of a bountiful harvest and the brainwashing starts....

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Wed May 06, 20 4:31 pm Post subject:
You are so right...

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