Grow aromatic coriander for fresh leaves, flavourful roots and warm citrusy spice seed. This supplier-named Coriandrum sativum type is described as early flowering, making it useful when seed is an intended harvest and especially rewarding when leaf sowings are repeated through cool weather.
Ready to grow coriander from leaf to seed? Follow our step-by-step Coriander Grow Guide for cool-season sowing, germination, succession planting, bolting and leaf, root and seed harvest advice.
Quick Grow Facts
- Plant Type: Fast-growing annual culinary herb
- Scientific Name: Coriandrum sativum
- Product Identity: Supplier-named Coriander; described as early flowering; no hybrid or breeder series is declared
- Seed Form: Raw, unpelleted seed; no pretreatment is required by the current photographed label
- Best Sowing Conditions: Cool to mild weather; use your region's autumn, winter or spring window outside hard frost and peak heat
- Position: Sun in cool weather; light afternoon shade in hot districts
- Sow Depth: 4 mm; cover the seed and give bright light after emergence
- Germination Temperature: Aim for 1520°C
- Germination: 1421 days
- Spacing: 30 × 30 cm for full plants; 510 cm within rows about 30 cm apart for an intensively managed leaf crop
- Growth Form: Leafy clump followed by upright flowering stems; no support or pinching required
- Height: 3050 cm on the packet; flowering plants may approach about 60 cm
- Harvest: 60150 days across leaf, root and mature seed outcomes; leaves may be sampled earlier once plants are established
- Seed Quantity 25 g raw seed: Approx. 2 500 seeds
- Seed Quantity 100 g raw seed: Approx. 10 000 seeds
- Seed Quantity 500 g raw seed: Approx. 50 000 seeds
Why Grow This Coriander
- Fresh leaves and stems add bright flavour to curries, salads, salsas and garnishes.
- Clean roots from plants harvested before flowering are valued in some Asian cuisines.
- White umbels attract beneficial insects before producing ripe coriander spice.
- Its early-flowering description suits gardeners who want seed, while 23-week succession sowing keeps younger plants coming for leaves.
Sowing and Care
- Direct sow into fine, fertile, freely drained soil because coriander's taproot dislikes disturbance.
- Cover 4 mm and keep evenly moist through the full 1421-day packet window.
- Thin early. Use 30 × 30 cm for a full root or seed plant, or 510 cm for a managed leaf row.
- Keep water even and give light afternoon shade where heat is intense; drought and high temperatures hasten bolting.
- Sow a small batch every 23 weeks through the cool-to-mild part of your local season.
Harvest and Food Safety
Pick outer stems once plants are about 1015 cm tall, lift selected non-flowering plants for their roots, or let separate plants flower until the seed turns light brown and dry. Do not eat sowing seed. "Raw seed" describes its physical form and is not proof that a lot is untreated. Follow the physical lot label, use clean irrigation and harvest water, and rinse edible leaves and roots under clean running water before use.
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