On 15 Mar 2004 22:22:39 +1300, "Loki" wrote:

il Mon, 15 Mar 2004 02:11:12 GMT, DigitalVinyl ha scritto:

I really can't stand cilantro, but I like
ground coriander. I was wondering if anyone grows Coriander/cilantro
for the seeds and if so, does the plant produce a lot of seed, or do
you need to grow many plants. I'm assuming it wil seed on the first
year.

I grew it once and it seeded pretty quickly. Lots of seeds. Like
dill.

Yes, Cilantro/coriander is a short-lived annual, and goes to seed
quickly. While the seeding habit is similar to dill -- a sort of
fountain of seed at the end of a stalk, the seeds are larger and
seedheads contain maybe 30 coriander pods. I never actually counted
either. :-) If you have coriander seeds on your spice shelf, these
will work (if they're not too old) to start your plants. As someone
else has posted, there are 2 small seeds inside each round pod. You
can plant the whole pod and pinch off 1 of the 2 seedlings that
emerge, or break open the pods and plant single seeds. The entire
life-cycle in hot weather takes just a few weeks, so you can make
successive or staggered plantings over the summer.