torge conrad maguar wrote:
we got a corriander herb in a pot in tescos last week. and put it on a south
facing kitchen window inside. its gone all droopy. yes we have watered it.
any advice on the conditions it likes please?

Pots from supermarket are grown in peat compost which nourishes the
plants fast and they usually gets lankiy and then die rapidly.

Like Abdul said, a John Innes 3 compost would be best or a soil based
compost, some gravel mixed in, crocks/gravel at the bottom so that the
pot is well drained. So repot now!!

Coriander can be grow all year round indoors, because I've always had
some, though it does go to seeds quickly if it gets too warm, which is
quite normal. I've made a long rectangle pot of corriander and sow them
every other weeks in April (when pot is outside) so that I don't end up
having lots of 'hard' leaves but keep getting new little ones full of
taste. I find it taste awful when a couple of month old. Then bring the
pot out in March/April and bring it back on your windowsill. Corriander
don't like too wet condition and perhaps your kitchen gives lots of
condensation? It always takes a while to find the right windowseal for
the herbs in winter - warm and light is the best place. In my long pot
I have also basil, parsley, a sad looking rosemary (though lots
permanently outside) and an ancient thyme.

I also freeze surplus when I chop the lot hard before putting the pot
outside in the spring.