Damn flowers!!! (coriander : )

Hi u guys
I seem to have a problem growing coriander - as soon as its up it goes to flower . I'm growing it in a greenhouse in pots .

 

Never could understand Coriander
Once you put it into something you can taste nothing else

 

if you're growing it for the leaf for salads and cooking you should reseed and just use new plants, I had the same problem and googled it, your flowering plant will soon produce hundreds of green round seed (tho technicaly they are dried fruit not seed), when it does cut it off just as the seed/fuit starts to turn brown, and hang upside down in a large paper bag to dry, once dry pull off the rest of the seed/friut and store in jars, thats your ground coriander for the winter n currys:WINK1:

Plant Potty.

 

I find Coriander is like that Wozwoz. You just have to keep planting at close intervals to keep a regular supply.

 

I've had no trouble with coriander in the past. I always planted mine in a patch of the garden that only got a few hours of direct sunshine per day. It was at the foot of a tree, and I kept the ground moist. I always got an excellent long lasting crop.

I think because coriander is associated with foods from hotter climates, people instinctively give it a warm sunny spot where it bolts. I found it quite hardy and shade tolerant.

Incidentally, when it does bloom, for me in late summer, isn't it fantastic? About a metre tall with massive sprays of tiny white flowers that sway about in the slightest breeze.

 

This is what it said on the seed packet, I grew six plants n could'nt give the stuff away, I ended putting one out the front (very sunny spot), one around the back in the rockery (least sunny spot) and one in the veg patch (medium sunny), they all went to seed, the one out the front I'll harvest for seed, when it finaly drys out tho I think its got about 100 years of corianda seed on it:DOH:

Tho Clueless is correct, the less sun the slower it grows

Plant Potty.

 

I've always had the same problem with coriander. You get a little bit of leaf and then it flowers when it's still small. When it flowers the leaves change shape and become little thin-needled things that have, to my mind, a slightly different flavour.

I see great bunches of juvenile-leaf plants in the Asian stores and wonder how farmers produce them consistently. Do they just harvest the plants en masse early before they are able to flower?

I think coriander's probably my favourite herb (vying with parsley for the top spot). There are so many dishes that absolutely have to have a bit of coriander leaf to make them complete. But, yes, it is a strong taste.