How to grow coriander in a pot
Green coriander is used to bring color and fragrance to vegetables. Vegetables start looking beautiful and tastier to eat as soon as green coriander is added. Unless green coriander is added to chutney, the taste of food seems dull. Green coriander is easily available in winters. But it becomes difficult to find green coriander in summer and rainy season. In such a situation, you can grow green coriander in a pot in the balcony of your house. This coriander is more fragrant than the coriander in the market. Whenever you want, you can pluck coriander and add it to the vegetable or make chutney and eat it. The special thing is that you can grow it in any old bucket, tub or wide pot. Coriander will grow and be ready in just 6 days in the pot. Know what you have to do step-by-step.
How to grow green coriander in a pot in the balcony
To grow green coriander, you will have to take whole coriander seeds. You can buy whole coriander from a spice shop or a seed shop. Dry the whole coriander in the sun for 1 day first.
Now place the dried coriander on the ground and rub the coriander seeds with something heavy like a brick or a mortar and divide them into two parts. Now soak the two parts of coriander seeds in water overnight.
Now to grow coriander, you have to mix soil and some vermicompost manure in a pot and fill it with the pot. If you want, you can grow coriander only in soil. The pot in which you are growing coriander must have holes at the bottom to drain out the water.
Now put a layer of soaked coriander on top of the soil. Pour the water in which the coriander was soaked in, spreading it in the pot. Keep in mind that the coriander seeds should be well spread in the entire pot. They should not be collected at one place only.
Now put a thin layer of soil over the coriander seeds and spray water thoroughly over the entire area. Pour water from a spray bottle so that water reaches everywhere with equal pressure. Now keep the tub in full sunlight.
When the soil seems to be drying up, spray water. Avoid over-watering as this will rot the coriander seeds. Good coriander will grow and be ready in 15-20 days. Pour water in the pot only when the soil looks dry. Avoid over-watering.
Green coriander is ready to grow in the balcony of your house. You can pluck some leaves from it and add them to the vegetable or make chutney of this green coriander and eat it. The taste of this coriander is much more aromatic than the coriander available in the market.
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