Coriander what is wrong with it?

I have a large trough with all my fresh herbs growing and the coriander isn't doing so well, all its leaves have turned yellow, does anyone know what could be causing this please?

Thanks for looking,
Donna

 

Hi Donna and welcome to GC ...

You don't say what herbs you have in your trough. Coriander needs lots of warmth and sunshine ... perhaps it's too much water or not enough if it's with other herbs? Depends on what other herbs you have it with, ie, it couldn't live in the same situation as Rosemary, Sage or Thyme, ie ... Scarborough Fayre ... :hehe:

Coriander is an annual (even here )than other herbs perennials so need different living conditions.

Hopefully this helps ... in the meantime enjoy the forum.

 

I suspect is it water logged if it is in a big tough. I live in the north of england and I have planted it outside it is doing ok.

 

I love coriander but never have any luck growing it. I love to use parsley but can't grow it either. I don't know what i am doing wrong

 

Thank you, I have sage two types of thyme, parsley, basil, dill, chives and marjoram in the same trough, I will dig it out and put it in a pot of its own I think and bring it inside onto the window sill. I did wonder because the others seem to be doing well, so thank you.

Donna

 

I have both parsley and coriander literally growing out of the cracks in pavement and all through the block paving driveway at the front-and feverfew. It was never planned to happen I had them in a planter at the front and they all flowered and must have self seeded. The driveway at the front is as hot as a holiday abroad and even on not so sunny days is still warm -so I can only assume they are so successful because they have very good drainage and warm roots ( with the blocks acting as little radiators through the night-you can't walk barefoot on them in the middle of summer)-because they certainly don't get looked after by me. An odd suggestion perhaps, but possibly if you get youself a large natural pebble and just sit it on top of the roots-it might work.

 

I agree that coriander doesn't do well with some other herbs.... if you have thyme or rosemary in the same trough, then they are like chalk and cheese compared to coriander. Thyme and rosemary like (or will tolerate) much drier conditions. Coriander likes warmth, sun, and some moisture (though not too much).

My coriander grows in a trough with chives in the greenhouse and they seem to get on well, and they like the warm moist conditions. Try getting rid of it, and replanting a pot of coriander on it's own, and maybe keep that on the kitchen windowsill where it will not be exposed to the cold too much. It'll shoot up quite quickly, seed to eating is as short as 4 weeks in good conditions.

 

I'd put the Coriander, Parsley and Basil in one patch, where it gets plenty of sun up top but the soil is slightly shaded and moist. The Sage, Rosemary and Thyme would be happier with much drier conditions. Don't know about the others as I haven't grown them.

I know that with them all together, if it is moist enough for the Coriander and Basil it is probably too moist for the Rosemary and Thyme, and if it is dry enough for Rosemary and Thyme it is probably far to dry for the Coriander and Basil. Parsley takes a bit more punishment if grown straight in the ground as it has a tap root so it can pretty much always find water.

Rhyleysgranny - I've had great success with both Coriander and Parsley. I planted the Coriander seeds straight into the garden in a spot that gets the afternoon sun but stays moist most of the time. I planted the seeds quite densely, figuring there would be losses (one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot and one to grow - although I think that saying is more about beans and peas).

Parsley takes a bit more patience. I started them off indoors in peat pots. They took a while to germinate but once they had I put them straight outside in the ground (pot and all as they are biodegradable). They did very well, and despite the fact that many say to treat it as an annual (it is actually biennial), I was harvesting it right through winter and into the spring of its second year. After that it got a bit tough, flowered, then went to seed.