One of the few things I missed eating while I was on holiday in Italy was fresh coriander.
My friends consider me a bit of a master chef(although I wouldn’t go that far in calling myself that), however the secret in my cooking is the addition of freshly grown herbs. Coriander is one herb that I love to cook with and its flavour teams up well with many other herbs and spices including garlic, ginger and chilli. I always have coriander growing in my herb garden and I’m going to share with you the secrets in successfully growing flavoursome lush green coriander.
What you need to know to successfully grow coriander:
· Use a premium potting mix if you are planting coriander in pots (look for the red Australian Standard ticks on the bag) or mix a humus rich compost into the soil if you are planting it into the ground.
· Coriander grows best before the hot summer arrives, as it tends to go to seed very quickly in the hot weather. In summer plant it in a cooler position that has a good amount of sunlight and remove flower heads as soon as they show.
· Coriander responds well to a regular feed (I use controlled release fertiliser together with monthly applications of Nitrosol liquid feed).
· Most importantly don’t forget to water your plants. Coriander prefers moist, well drained soil.
It’s very easy to grow coriander and now that you know how, why not give it a try?
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