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  • CEOofmyhouse56
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    Hey green thumbs I have a question. Can you grow coriander inside near a window in a little pot? It would get the afternoon sun. I’m sick of paying for it.

    • bull⚡
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      What I like to do, there’s a receptacle I keep in my kitchen which has a foot pedal lid. I’ve found coriander works best for me when I put it in there.

      It’s the bin. Coriander belongs in the bin.

        • bull⚡
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          Nah it’s not that. It doesn’t taste like soap, it’s just overpowering and bad. It’s acceptable it if it’s finely chopped and in some kind of sauce but just putting the leaves on stuff ruins whatever that stuff is.

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        What do you put in your banh mi then huh? It’s not a banh mi without the coriander.

    • Thornburywitch
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      Will bolt (go to seed) very quickly. Coriander as a green herb is a very difficult plant to get right. Better left to professionals imo. Sure, grow it for seed in that position.
      You might have better luck with about half a dozen pots, and grow a small quantity in each. You’ll need to feed and water them every day and harvest the INSTANT a potful is ready. Then replant that pot. Lots of maintenance for minimal reward imo.

      • the_procrastinata
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        Top advice here. I find coriander goes like this:

        1. Sow seeds
        2. Small shoots appear
        3. Growing but not ready to pick
        4. Growing but not ready to pick
        5. Growing but not ready to pick
        6. Gone to seed, too late to pick
        • Thornburywitch
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          We’ve all been there - coriander is exxy and doesn’t keep so we try to grow it. Then we find out what a fussy little bastard the plant is.

          • just_kitten
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            I’ll eat bolted coriander rather than pay $3 for the shitty little morsel you get at supermarkets in a plastic case - thankfully there’s other grocers around selling them loose in larger bunches.

          • Catfish@lemm.ee
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            I chop it up and freeze in ice cubes. Not good for a salad herb but fine for salsa etc.

      • Taleya
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        personal experience has shown me that jamming it in a pot with a dripper and then ignoring it because IDGAF about coriander and it’s His Lordship’s business results in a three foot high bush that keeps producing.

    • calhoon2005
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      I believe I could get it to go straight to seed in that position yes.

    • SituationCake
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      I have tried growing coriander in all sorts of way, and never had success. It’s a fussy whinger. Oh it’s too hot, oh it’s too cold, oh it’s too sunny, oh you want leaves? Well here’s some seeds.