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Growing coriander seed If you want to grow coriander for seeds you don't need to worry so much over your plants bolting to seed prematurely. However, a coriander plant will of course produce more and better seed if it is big and strong. So it doesn't hurt to still observe all the advice from the previous page to let the coriander grow as big and strong as possible first. Keep watering and feeding your coriander plants well, and wait for the flower to develop and set seeds. In hot weather this may take as little as 4 - 6 weeks from sowing, during cool weather it can take several months. Harvesting coriander seed Harvesting coriander seed is an easy affair. Just wait till the flower heads are dry. (The photo only shows a tiny part of a coriander flower head. The whole head can measure a foot or more across.) Then cut the stalk, stick the whole thing upside down in a big paper bag and leave it in a dry spot for a couple of weeks. (Most people recommend to hang it up. In my place it just lies around somewhere...) After a couple of weeks you take the bag and shake it and bash it and all the coriander seeds should fall off and you can pull out the bare stalk. Keep your coriander seeds in a cool dry place. (Most people recommend an airtight container. In my place they just stay in that bag...) And now you should have enough coriander seed to cook with and still plenty left to throw around your garden next year! (But also grow a few coriander plants the old fashioned way, by sticking the seed in the ground where you want them, just in case...)