Flowering Coriander

Oh dear... this isn't what Coriander is meant to look like, is it?! Well I've just being doing a little research into it and this is what I found out.

• It's actually an annual plant so will usually germinate, flower, and die in one year
• It has a tendency to run to seed if stressed; this is where it flowers prematurely and develops seeds instead of growing lush foliage.
• It also doesn't like full sun as the heat triggers it to seed, I guess the incredibly hot past two weeks haven't helped then....

Oh what a shame, we were waiting for the plant to get abit more foilage before we started to pick at it but instead we've just waited too long and it's seeding. I've read in a couple of places that you can cut it right back which may help or alternatively we could collect the seeds as they can be used in cooking too.

We've got another 4/5 plants growing that are only small at the moment so maybe we'll use this one for seeds.