On 2009-06-06, Bioboffin wrote:
"dido22" wrote in message
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Hello,

I grow coriander in a pot on the window-ledge & it does fine there.

It is starting to produce little flowers. Should I leave them on? or
should I remove them to encourage growth?. I assume I can eat them OK?

Thanks

If you leave them, they should produce seeds, which are also useful in
cooking. However you can save them, and sow them next year.

I grow coriander in the garden - last year I bought a plant in a garden
centre, but this year about 6 plants have grown from the seeds which fell
off last year's plant. I currently have massive 80cm tall coriander plants
which are beginning to flower too.


(a bit late to this...)

As far as I'm aware, all parts of the plant can be eaten. If you let it
seed, the unripe green seeds concentrate the fresh flavour amazingly.
This is in deep contrast to the mature dry seed. The unripe seeds are
great in a salad

I grow a 20 ft row of coriander every year, with successional (sp?)
sowing, so that there's some at every stage.
--
comp.john