Coriander is an important herb used to cook . this herb is quite cheap but it will be good if u get it free of cost . so here are few tips to grow Coriander at home .
Just put some seeds of coriander filled with potting soil . Potting soil could be anything , you can simply collect soil /dust from earth . or mix it with compost etc. once your pot is filled , just put some seeds and press them gently . Dig them inside potting soil .
keep the potting soil wet , water it after 2 or 3 days ,coriander often don't need extra nutrients and well water /ground water have enough nutrients to support the plant. It often grow in cold season . so place the pot in sun light . It takes around a month to grow .
once coriander grows you can do following thing with plant.
Just put some seeds of coriander filled with potting soil . Potting soil could be anything , you can simply collect soil /dust from earth . or mix it with compost etc. once your pot is filled , just put some seeds and press them gently . Dig them inside potting soil .
keep the potting soil wet , water it after 2 or 3 days ,coriander often don't need extra nutrients and well water /ground water have enough nutrients to support the plant. It often grow in cold season . so place the pot in sun light . It takes around a month to grow .
once coriander grows you can do following thing with plant.
- Pick some leaves from plant without pulling plant out . New leaves will replace old leaves giving nice supply of coriander .
- Wait until plant produce seeds .
- Pull plant from soil , use its leaves to cook and place the remain in water bottle to regrow leaves . however you need to change water twice a week and keep water bottle in sunlight to keep plant growing . Also you need to place plant in bottle with stems inside water and rest plant outside it .dont use this method if worried about growing plants in plastic container .
if you have some questions on growing plant coriander plant at home post it in comments given below , i will be glad to answer