Living Herbs - Practical for Planting?

Hi all,

we bought a few living herbs last night (mint and coriander) from Asda. They both look nice in their pots at the moment, but I wondered if they were practical for planting on in the garden? Is it something that you need to get decent plants to start with or is a mint a mint however it arrives?

Cheers,

Dave

 

You may get the mint to survive :D But i doubt if you will get the coriander to grow for one thing it hates being moved and secondly its really treated like an annual ..I presume you mean the herbs from the salad area of a supermarket..well they have been grown in polytunnels under false light and will carry on growing quite well in the kitchen for now..when its april you might try to put the mint in the garden some grow it in sunken buckets as it spreads everywhere its up to you..
you are better off sowing coriander seeds at intervals during the growing season so you allways have a fresh supply..Their was a post on coriander in the herb section i will go and look to see if its in the archives..

 

I have done a search and their are lots of posts on coriander from last year here is a post i wrote...

thinly sow into soil in shallow drills lightly cover with fine soil or compost and water in..you will see seedlings between 5 and 10 days....seed sowing may be carried out as often as possible between spring and autumn..when large enough to handle thin the seedlings out ..sowing into seed trays is not reccomended as coriander hates being disturbed.. if they get upset they bolt upwards into flower..missing out on the leaf production stage,,you can grow coriander inside in a container ..either on a window ledge or patio..but for a confined space its not the best choice as until the seeds ripen it smells awfull...the only way to keep it happy in a pot is to pick the mature leaves ...make sure the pot has good drainage as coriander hates wet feet!!!!..anyone reading this that has aches and pains well the bruised seed of coriander van be used as a poultice to relieve pain in joints