Perennial coriander. (forum)

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For me it has been a waste of time growing coriander during the warmer months because it just goes to seed, but I miss it when cooking Asian & the dried stuff is of course no good for garnish!
However I found Perennial Coriander in Bunnies yesterday & promptly added it to my herb garden. The scientific name Eryngium foetidum was missing from the label, so maybe the word 'foetidum' is a little too off -putting for most folks, but Im looking forward to its culinary uses! Anyone here use it in cooking??
PS. Bunnies also had french sorrel so things are improving in WA.

Time: 1st March 2012 4:14pm

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MaryT says...
I love the taste of the perennial coriander (thanks Mike of Cairns) but to me it is different to coriander. Different but both are taste sensations.

Time: 1st March 2012 4:46pm

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Mike says...
I reckon the taste is surprisingly similar but culantro is stronger and more aromatic than cilantro (alternative names) and they can be used in the same ways.It also has way smaller seeds on prickly seed heads,turns into clumps and can spread all through your lawn.The eagle should land tomorrow Mary T.

Time: 1st March 2012 5:39pm

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MaryT says...
Thanks Mike and I hope mine lands safely as well. I wish I have a culantro lawn. I would put it in everything and graze on it like a sheep lol. SG it seems WA bunnies are more sophisticated than ours; the last time I went to one I couldn't be more bored by the selection.

Time: 1st March 2012 7:15pm

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MaryT says...
My one plant is doing well but I have to resist stripping all its leaves :) We are having cooler weather in Sydney so some of the plants from FNQ are going to suffer. The sweet leaf seedlings are all droopy.

Time: 1st March 2012 8:15pm

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BJ says...
I have coriander popping up every few weeks through summer in my garden, so I get a decent harvest from them and let them go to seed and start again. I wouldn't bother with growing them in a veggie bed though, just let them run amok in the garden.

Time: 1st March 2012 8:34pm

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MaryT says...
Are you talking about the annual, BJ? Yes I have that going to seed and popping up as seedlings as well though I have yet to manage a constant supply, even in summer. Mainly because mine is a container garden and the thing bolt so quickly; I need to sow it more often. The perennial is new to me or perhaps I had it when I was young but hadn't seen it since I've been here. It is more leafy than the coriander so there's that crunch factor as well.

Time: 1st March 2012 8:48pm

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Mike says...
My common coriander self seeds as well around edges and all over, but doesn't grow over summer even if I have 2000mm from Jan to March like last year.Autumn and winter rain and cool temps make 100's spring up and some get massive and others bolt.I give armfuls away.By October there are only dead dry ones covered with seeds.

Time: 1st March 2012 9:33pm

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Julie says...
I used to grow coriander in wide pots under shadecloth in summer. It didn't grow very large - I just harvested it and sowed more.

But, a bit like sprouting, you have to be consistent, and I gradually forgot to keep it up.

Time: 1st March 2012 10:17pm

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MaryT says...
Yes, Julie; forgetting to keep sowing successive crops is easy to do when the supply is plentiful then suddenly you only have seeds! BTW I really enjoy the flowers and green seeds of the coriander. Some say you shouldn't eat them green but it hasn't killed me yet. :)

Time: 2nd March 2012 7:11am

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Speedy says...
for good supply of Coriander (C.sativum)in summer, sow every week under shade of other crops.
I grow mine in the shade of the maize or on the shady side of climbing beans.
well watered and rich compost dug in beforehand.
pull bunches of whole plants up when harvesting then the roots can be used for soupstocks or pounded and added to curry pastes.

having Eryngio in the garden is also handy.

Time: 2nd March 2012 9:54am

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snottiegobble says...
Thank you everyone for your input, but going by the success of growers in the Eastern states it demonstrates how much drier our summer climate is here in the West that causes many seedlings
(including coriander) to bolt.

Time: 2nd March 2012 12:05pm

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MaryT says...
They bolt here, too, SG - that's why we have to keep sowing, though some say you can get a strain that does not bolt. I don't mind them bolting; I like the flowers and love the green seeds. I rely on spring onions more.

Speedy, you reminded me of using roots as well! Yes, I like to pound the roots for a marinade great for a chicken barbeque.

BTW Mike remember I said the perennial coriander reminded me of Chinese celery? I looked up the Chinese name for it and it's "Foreign Coriander"!

Time: 2nd March 2012 2:43pm

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