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Posted by Swedboy (U14400604) on Tuesday, 19th April 2011
Im trying to remember the name of the non bolting variety of coriander is called. I think it is calypso but I cant find that anywhere. Have I gotten the name wrong.
Hi I found this link for your coriander calypso and hope it helps
Found it on ebay too
Thanks. Strangely enough, I have never seen this one in the shops. Is there any other non bolting variety out there that is easier to find.
Hi, this is great news - glad I clicked on this thread as I always have trouble with bolting coriander - definitely a mustbuy for me, thanks!
I bought the Supermarket packed soil version about sixe weeks ago and then planted it out, It is now developing very tasty feathery foliage, unlike the foliage that We are used to.
Whether you call that bolting, I do not know, but the feathery "feel" of the plant to the mouth is a good deal better than the foliage I bought.
I am rather looking forward to this "bolting" now you mention it, since I shall then have some seeds for next year as well as plenty of foliage for this!
I'll probably order some sees via ebay tonight. As I can't find them localy.
I put the seeds in last November in the poly tunnel, it's growing nicely but already bolting.
Here goes. I have bought the seeds and bought my first item on Ebay!
Good luck and let us all know how you do
Bought a packet of coriander seeds from Wilkinsons today labelled "Coriander for leaf - selected to produce more leaf, delicious in salads and stir fries" and am going to give them a go.
The ones I grew last year was from wilkinson and they bolted so fast it was unbelievable. I hope you have more luck than I did. I did get leaves out of it but it bolted so damn quickly.
Should add mine was the cheap 79p ones...
Hi you probably already know but you have to keep it well watered to stop it bolting! I have the wilko coriander in a pot on the windowsill and have kept it soaking wet and so far it hasn't bolted, but i suppose it might be different if grown outside :0)
It might have been water issues but still it bolted again and again.
The seeds arrived today so I'll probably plant them later today and report back. The delivery was quite swift but I would have liked some more growing instructions.
You could maybe try contacting the seller asking for more info on sowing the seeds as other sellers usually have repled to me when I have asked in the past about other seeds I have bought.
The instructions are probably enough, but they seemed a bit thin on the ground.
So what is the best way of planting them? I have a vauge memory of someone saying that you should soak them or bash them a bit before planing.
I think the only way to deal with the bolting issue is to accept it as fact of life, the universe and everything and sow sequentially!
I've got a 6" pot going in the gh, 15 seeds pressed into surface of compost, then covered with layer of vermiculite. Move into as much light as poss when you see first signs of germination. Repeat (but not in same pot!) every 2-4 weeks, depending on coriander consumption.
I've heard about the bashing seeds with rolling pin method, but haven't tried it. If I was a coriander seed I'd probably want to bolt as fast as I could just to get my own back for such brutal treatment.
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Posted by Papa Nopsis (U14479902) on Wednesday, 27th April 2011
I am going to start Coriander today, in a mini prop to germinate, and then put in the mini greenhouse in a few days time.
(after planting out some Sunflower seedlings in keeping with the guerilla Gardening campaign for sunflowers in guerilla torn places on May 2nd. International sunflower day)
I have planted some of it now and put out in the garden. I have never been able to get them to survive indoors.
I bought coriander "LEISURE" seeds from DT browns and it claims to be bolt resistant
Let us know how it goes.
I did not think I had planted two seeds per "station" as they say, but they certainly came up intertwined. I thought i had separated them very effectively.
They came up entwined so i thought "What the hell! I'll plant them intertwined!"
It may be bad practice i don't know.
Mine are still AWOL.
Swedboy Do you mean by "bolting" ,disappearing BEFORE they even come up?
If that is so, then you should have used your mini- propagator. Every single seed came up within a week for me, and I don't know what to do with them, except double plant them in 3/5inch pots.
No I mean going to seed almost instantly.
Swedboy - Are you growing them direct in the ground?
I have tried Dobies and Wilko now and they seem to be germinating well on window sill and in the GH in pots. :0)
This year and last pots outdoors, since the ones I've grown indoor usually c
Bolted. Last years' ones didn't do too bad but bolted quite quickly. Still no sight of this years lot.
I think my seeds last year was Wilkinson's.
I wondered if slugs might be eating them? Maybe too cold at night for them to germinate, depending on where you are. My seeds in GH took longer than the ones indoors to germinate, think it was a week or more. :0)
I'd think it might be too cold outside at the moment despite the sheltered spot my garden is in. Touch wood, I have only seen one baby slug this year so I don't think I can blame the evil critter for this.
Mine are growing in GH but, as yet, not with great enthusiasm. The seeds started very well in the mini -prop, but were very leggy for moving to 3" pots. I shall persevere
Mine finally showed up today!
If you drown them with water, they collapse.
Sprayed water is needed I guess. The roots go very deep, as possible they can.
They probably need deeper pots than I have given them, but I don't see why.
3" pots. Not growing at all. Enough water.
Mine are up - outside in veg bed - partial shade as I was told that they bolt quicker when in full sun.
Mine looking good in pot in gh. Won't say romping away as that might put the bolting curse on them. Am going to try sowing some outside - have a good partially shaded spot in mind.
Hi
I have never had much luck with coriander, but this year, I have a whole coldframe full, and they are not bolting yet. I didn't even plant them, last year's plants must have seeded themselves and the abundance is gorgeous. I hope they don't bolt, but I shall freeze a load just incase. Frozen is better than none. Good luck all
I allowed mine to get too leggy and I am thinking of just shoving them somewhere in the garden from 3" pots.
A long row of coriander would have been nice somewhere.
A plentiful patch of Fennel may turn out to be a consolation.
and at last some results from casting onion seed in the open about 5 weeks ago.
All these blesséd things look like grass as babes.
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