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Post by betty on Mar 31, 2010 19:29:03 GMT
i grew my own a couple of summers ago and it was a huge success - the white flowers looked very pretty in a salad and i saved the seeds for crushing into curries.
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 31, 2010 19:38:07 GMT
i grew my own a couple of summers ago and it was a huge success - the white flowers looked very pretty in a salad and i saved the seeds for crushing into curries. But I don't want the seeds OR the flowers . . . I want the leaves! I am trying with just a handful in a flower pot at present (I have many more seeds in reserve) but they only got about an inch tall then they developed seeds. I've tried them at the window, and I've tried them not at the window, and they don't seem to care for either. What's your secret Bets? |
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Post by betty on Mar 31, 2010 19:45:55 GMT
my secret is buying some good plants from a local nursery - ditch the seeds.
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 31, 2010 19:48:34 GMT
my secret is buying some good plants from a local nursery - ditch the seeds. Really? Oh, I hadn't thought of that. Good one. |
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Post by everso on Mar 31, 2010 21:10:02 GMT
Riot, it might be that it's slow to germinate, like parsley.
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Post by Weyland on Mar 31, 2010 21:22:27 GMT
Perhaps her secret is that she lives on the south coast of England and has a sunny disposition. For a prude. |
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Post by betty on Mar 31, 2010 21:35:28 GMT
Perhaps her secret is that she lives on the south coast of England and has a sunny disposition. For a prude. now now weyland. a sunny and forgiving disposition on the part of the grower as well as the location is paramount for successful nurturing. as a novice, i think it prudent to buy a seedling rather than attempt to grow from seed, wherever you are. |
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Post by Weyland on Mar 31, 2010 21:41:55 GMT
Perhaps her secret is that she lives on the south coast of England and has a sunny disposition. For a prude. now now weyland. a sunny and forgiving disposition on the part of the grower as well as the location is paramount for successful nurturing. Isn't that what I said, in so many words? It's certainly what I meant. I'm sure Riot won't like that sort of talk, so I'm not going to pursue it any further. |
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Post by betty on Mar 31, 2010 21:44:31 GMT
 goodnight all 
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Post by riotgrrl on Mar 31, 2010 21:47:54 GMT
There's something in the air tonight . . it's the spirit of spring or something. Sap is rising and all that.
Except my coriander. Obv.
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Post by revisedartlily on Apr 1, 2010 10:59:06 GMT
Coriander will bolt to seed (flower) the minute it feels under any stress atall. So it needs to be kept happy. I have only grown it in Australia where I learnt the hard way how to pander to the bloody stuff. It is also an annual so won't last long anyway.
Incidentally, you can now buy "perpetual basil" that will last forever.
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Post by riotgrrl on Apr 7, 2010 17:48:27 GMT
So, I took Bets advice and bought already-planted Coriander and put it in a sunny window. It just flopped. So I've put one in a cooler room, at the window and one in a cool hall with no window.
They both still look dead.
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Post by everso on Apr 7, 2010 17:57:37 GMT
So, I took Bets advice and bought already-planted Coriander and put it in a sunny window. It just flopped. So I've put one in a cooler room, at the window and one in a cool hall with no window. They both still look dead. How often do you need coriander? Once a fortnight? Just buy it from the supermarket. You're obviously having trouble growing it and it's really not worth the heartache. It looks like you belong with the Everso league of gardeners.  Give up and let someone else grow it for you. |
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Post by betty on Apr 7, 2010 19:16:08 GMT
don't abandon hope Riot.
it's too early to be doing coriander....esp. as you are way up north.
for now, buy from the supermarket as and when you need it.
when the warmer weather kicks in try again with the seedlings.
make sure you buy from a proper nursery - not a Wyevale type place ( i don't know what the equivalent would be where you are). and never bother with trying to keep a supermarket bought pot of any herb going - they are forced - and will not last very long, however green your thumbs are.
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Post by Weyland on Apr 7, 2010 20:11:33 GMT
never bother with trying to keep a supermarket bought pot of any herb going - they are forced - and will not last very long, however green your thumbs are. I'm sure that's true in general, but my son once kept a pot of basil from a Dutch supermarket going for the whole of a three-week camping holiday, and that included the worst bit of the 2003 heatwave in the south of Germany and Auvergne. I did all the driving; he did all the catering. (We were heading for Lourdes -- not for religious purposes -- but chickened out going any further south than Le Puy en Velay. The heat was killing. Literally.) He loved that plant. Called it -- wait for it -- Basil. |
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Post by jean on Apr 7, 2010 20:39:08 GMT
...my son once kept a pot of basil...going...The heat was killing. Literally.) He loved that plant. And from a careful reading of your post I have formed the opinion that the pot of basil very probably had a severed head in it.  |
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Post by betty on Apr 7, 2010 20:50:20 GMT
a pot of basil from a Dutch supermarket going for the whole of a three-week camping holiday, i generally manage to keep supermarket thyme, basil, mint, and parsley going for a month - depending on how vigilant i am about watering. coriander is defo more tricksy. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2010 21:41:01 GMT
i once managed to grow watercress out of the top of a human head. i painted it to make it look like an egg-shell before i did so.
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Post by betty on Apr 7, 2010 21:47:41 GMT
i painted it to make it look like an egg-shell before i did so. well that's ok then! |
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Post by Weyland on Apr 8, 2010 8:07:11 GMT
...my son once kept a pot of basil...going...The heat was killing. Literally.) He loved that plant. And from a careful reading of your post I have formed the opinion that the pot of basil very probably had a severed head in it. Oh, right. I know nothing of horticulture. I love that picture. It's in the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. Which is where this window is also (Reply #2). |
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goodnight all 
Give up and let someone else grow it for you.