Yes! I can't stand the stupid flea bags wasting my time. I find myself saying, "I don't care about your stupid dog. I came here for the plant info!" 😂 Probably make all sorts of people mad at that statement. Lol. Dog people NEVER understand how there can be someone else that doesn't really care for them. 😂😂
This was really helpful! I’m always frustrated that most seed-starting videos don’t show the later RESULTS. Just showing the very first step where seeds get put into dirt isn’t helpful to me, because anyone can do that. I want to know (and SEE) what SHOULD be happening days, weeks, even a month or two after so I can tell if my seeds are coming along the way they should. A video like this lets me know that I should have a fair amount of growth in two weeks and if my trays still have none at that point, something went wrong. THAT’S what I want to learn when I watch these sort of videos. So thank you, this was perfect!
I'm crazy about your vegetable gardening tips and innovative growing experiments! I live in a tiny cottage at a retirement home, so I grow vertically and it's utterly astounding how many vegetable and small fruit varieties I've been able to grow in my little back yard. I use your no dig method in my pots and wall containers. Thank you so much for sharing all this with us.
Greetings Charles ☺ I've been gardening for decades, too, & have absorbed many warnings about planting deep for fear of the dread "damping off". I know tomatoes & their ilk respond well to deep planting -- but I've been so surprised to see how hugely successful the method is with tiny, delicate seedlings such as the herbs in this video & the likes of salad greens & beets in previous ones. The firming up, too - wow - things are going to change around here! 😀 Cheers, take care & thank you from chilly Canada! 🙋
I have always sown them directly.. this is an eye opener ... saves space .. only strong ones are sowed .. harvesting outer leaves for continued harvest. Thanks for sharing Charles
Omg...I've never seen such strong cilantro!! Normally when I buy from the store, the stems are so thin and fragile within a few days its dead. This is amazing. I'm addicted to cilantro. I need more!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I have some seedlings i've grown from seed..they're looking good so far but i'm afraid to mess it up. I don't have grow lights so my stuff is leggy
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Should they be buried in clusters or separated into individual sprouts? Are you in a warm/sunny part of the UK that helps your plants to grow? (is there such a place as a sunny part of the uk!)
This is amazing Charles! Thank you for these excellent tips and the demonstration. We use coriander & dill a lot in traditional Indian cooking so I am hoping for a luscious, dense bed like this. I always find that my coriander bolts very early on - which I don't ENTIRELY mind as the seeds are also used religiously in cooking. But I have a lot of space in our garden so will be trying your method for the first time (also growing dill for the first time) and am really hoping for the best!
Such a detailed video, thank you Charles! Coriander is abundant in South American cuisine (where I’m from) and, for me, is the queen of all herbs. It’s comforting (childhood memories of grandma’s food) and I want it in all my dishes! 😅 it’s not easy to find fresh, organic and without a silly plastic box and wrapping here in Germany, so this late summer I’m so wings it for the first time and I hope to get as much as you! (I also adore dill, so bonus for me!) 💛💛🙏🏼🙏🏼
Very different to some videos on growing coriander, but so effective. I always failed with coriander, but just before we moved, I got masses of them, and I’m guessing it’s because they were growing in the shade. On the last day of our move, I picked lots for use in our next house. I shall definitely try this method. Thank you for all the helpful videos.
I simply can not wait to implement some of your multi sewing techniques. I love how you thickly sow in flats then prick out. This is new to me, so I. Ant wait to give this a try since my set up is quite small and can not accommodate starting too many seeds all at once, but with your methods, it seems as if I could be much more efficient. 2021 is going to be a great year in the garden!
I have that same little green tool for pricking out and making holes. Have had it for over 20 years and it is by far my favourite and most well-used garden tool!
Very inspiring! I’ve already planted some dill, coriander and accidental cress. But this reassures me I can expect a reasonable outcome. Now I just have to find a place in our 5 km lockdown zone that may sell broccoli seeds for broccoli sprouts.
Farming is the most best habit in life,, this old man inspired me,, that is the best of being elder and leave legacies to the young 🌱🌱🌱 one,, thanks good mentor
As a curry maker theres nothing like coriandor leaf and seed/powder in a curry , the dried seed ground to powder is a primary ingredient in most curries and fresh leaf to flavour and garnish. I have planted some this year and look forward to fresh leaf rather than buying dried over winter.
@@CharlesDowding1nodig glad to share , btw as i mentioned on another vid charles just by chance i had sown basil covered with vermiculite on sat in electric propagator n today they have apoeared , iv never seen basil germinate so quick . The vermuculite must make a bid diff in to heat retention in the soil, i had sown another batch with older seed a couple of weeks ago in jus compost aswell in propagator n kno sign of them yet.
Thanks Charles,I appreciate all of the informative videos that you have provided and love the nodig approach, I have done conventional gardening and composting since a boy, but find the nodig approach so much easier and beneficial for plants,and of course less weeding!
Charles I didn't have success but I really believe our Sub- tropical Summer in Brisbane this year has just devastated most things- not to worry I will persist & learn. Cheers Thanks Denise
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Yes Thank Goodness for no dig & YOU !!!! We are coming into our Autumn & Winter which is not harsh here at all & actually great growing time.
First time dill grower - packet says sow direct! I much prefer the cells, so thank you, I shall dash out on this mucky damp day and play in the greenhouse!
One the most important reasons of your success is the soil quality. In our garden with badly Clay soil, we can not have as good as yours. In your garden as I see every thing growing perfect.
Actually, no! In the 1990s, I made a vegetable garden in France on soil, boulbène, which the locals called the worst of the region, white clay which was concrete in summer and sludge in the winter. That's why I could buy the farm! It worked very nicely with no dig, and the locals were surprised!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Perfect👌🏻👌🏻 Plants growing on our soil, have very shallow roots and I think the lack of Oxygen around the roots make it worse. The plants can not grow properly and I need to make it more productive.
The weed you pulled out of the ground between the dill is, here in Austria, called "Melde". These leaves can be used instead of spinach. For example creamy "spinach" with scrambled or fried eggs, and mashed potatoes.
Charles, I wonder if you've ever considered embracing your Fat Hen interlopers as a new salad crop? Chenopodium album is, after all, cultivated in some areas and is also a close relative of the newly trendy Good King Henry (C. bonus henricus). I think you can also make a flour from the seed - although I may have imagined that bit. Just a thought.
a Absolutely agree John. Once I learnt to identify it, I've been allowing it to grow until about 6 inches before pulling it and cooking it with spinach (.and baby dock). A German friend of mine gave me what seems to be a purple cultivar, which now, like fat hen is a common forage plant in my beds. Obviously it's important to identify correctly, but it's a shame to throw away vigorous volulteer food.
Interesting to know, so I believe I will try planting some dill along w the coriander I just started today. Never have done that before and never have had success with dill plantings, so I am excited to try... my climate is hot and humid. Thanks for the info!!
I find it so hard to grow dill. I read somewhere that it doesn't deal well at all being transplanted so I thought thats where I have been going wrong, but you've just blown that concept out of the water Charles !
Last week I sowed coriander and parsley into tubs on the kitchen windowsill (late January). I have loads of rocket growing in tubs in the greenhouse. Broad beans about 8" tall and tiny spinach seedlings, sown in November outside in no dig beds. And garlic bulbs planted last September are doing well at about 8". Thanks for your inspiration.
I've had mixed success with both these herbs so excited to try this in the new year. Thanks again for generously sharing your wisdom. I've bought, used and enjoyed all of your books. I have limited time to dedicate to the garden (wish it could be more) but No Dig has enabled me to grow and provide nutritious food for me and family. I have thoroughly enjoyed your excellent videos which really help to connect the ideas from across your books. That you provide all the youtube information for free is incredible. Thanks so much, wishing you a prosperous and abundant 2018!
Nice video! Very informative. I'm going to try and use the fleece row covers later on this year when I pull my cilantro out of the trays. Thanks Charles!
Awesome video, I'm currently busy with my garden during this lockdown in my country, and coriander is a must in our kitchen. That variety of coriander really is much bigger than usual, mine have germinated nicely and will be ready in a few weeks i guess. Pity we're edging closer to winter soon
As always, another great video. We live in the southern-eastern USA, which has short but cold winters (not much snow, but ice is common) and with long HOT and humid summers. So perhaps for us now is the time to plant these lovelies. Thanks!
Really helpful - thank you - I grew coriander somewhat unsuccessfully 2 years ago but it has lavishly self-seeded since, along with rocket, spinach and parsley so I feel that I'm not just doing no-dig, but also no-plant - but it feels rather out of control so am watching your videos to improve
Yes we used to use baby show to press coriander seeds on a bamboo plate slightly press it to break into half and soak in water for 1 hour and plant them by just spreading them damp soil . Charles gave a different turn to individually planting each sampling is amazing. You all inspire so much thank you .learnt so many tricks of Gardening from my amazing dad.
Very good, I've set some coriander way back in early winter which are only just coming on. They were in a greenhouse after germinating inside but managed to survive and grow slowly. Pricked them out and brought them inside again now after seeing they weren't doing much. Great to hear the tips about deep planting, as mine are a bit gangly, and being reassured that only a few plants will be enough to keep me going. I think I have 6.
Thanks for the info and love your greenhouse. We’ve learned the importance of picking cilantro frequently before they start to bolt. Great video as always.
Charles.. that slow growing patch is under the hole in the fleece. 😉😄👍 Beautiful plants! My two favourite herbs. Coriander I grow year round as a micro green as well. Lovely on a sandwich or in a curry in the middle of winter. 😄
Thank you, a very helpful and informative video, as always. My dill needs to go into a larger pot this weekend so I found this video at the perfect time.
It looks so effortless for you Charles, but I can tell you coriander is a real diva that I’ve had the most effort sprouting and getting growing consistently 🙈. For me, I’ve had to split the seeds, soak them overnight before actually sowing them and even then still takes 2-3 weeks to sprout. Otherwise they don’t sprout at all. All you need is a sudden hot day to fry them and your efforts are reduced to zilch! 🤪😂 I have better luck now doing it in a greenhouse and leaving it there😄, otherwise, the bugs love them too.
im going to try to grow dill to encourage ladybirds... i want them to come by my veg plot and control the aphids! thanks for the excellent content (again!!)
Mr. Dowding, your videos are informative and inspiring. I feel lucky to receive your knowledge gained from years of experience, thank you! Can I ask why go through the first step of planting in the small pot then pricking them out? In my opinion it would be less work to sow into the larger tray. Is there a purpose to this extra step? Thank you!
Winston Loh thankyou Winston and a small tray needs less space. So in February when seeds are germinating, you can keep the little tray anywhere in your house.
I can grow coriander here very nicely direct sow in the late summer and have a nice crop in late winter...but my dill just won't survive here in our ground. I think I'll have to try a pot, because I truly love fresh dill for fermented dill pickles.
Great video, Charles. I thought coriander had a tap root and does not like to be disturbed, will try this today. Yeah they say not to chop leafy greens but just tear them using hands or fingers to retain more nutritive value.
I love watching your videos from my home in Windermere, Florida zone 9b when you are a month to 6 weeks ahead during this time of year. I'm planting seeds for Spring and harvesting the lettuces, carrots, radishes, beets and spinach that I sowed in November. I'm predicting that your subscriptions hit 500K by the end of the year 👩🌾👍
Charles for years I have tried to grow coriander from seeds because I love it even in salad. I had no luck I discovered they love rich soil and as I keep chicken I have lots of chicken manure. I have bought plants from the supermarket and planted it into my veg patch with composted chicken manure. 3 weeks later they are nice and green and full of flavour I will try your method thanks for the video
I’m really enjoying your videos as they show the whole growing process, from sowing seeds, planting out the plants and harvesting for the table. They also show how successful No-Dig is with your beautifully cropping garden. It’s New Year’s Eve in 2017 here and I’ll be putting up your 2018 Calendar tomorrow, all set to start another No-Dig season, filled with renewed vigour from your videos. Thank you for sharing and Happy 2018. Jeanette.
If you put the coriander seeds in a plastic bag and run over them with a rolling pin, they will crack into at least two seeds. This will help them to germinate faster.
Mine are not sprouting... First timer with them. I was wondering if the problem is that the seeds die after a year. But maybe I'll try this tip out if it turns out they don't die after a year. :0)
I transplated some a month to two months ago and planted some seats outside. It was too hot and dry so the transplated ones died and I don't think seeds grew. So now in September it has cooled down I have some I side and planted some seeds outside and they are growing nicely. These two types of plants like cool wet weather.
All of your videos have been great! Very informative. I have really enjoyed them! I'm over here in Florida, USA. Even with a different climate, I can use so many planting tips from you. I will try starting seeds in modules instead of direct sowing.
Hi Charles, this was a very informative video and love how you show the whole growing process from seed to harvest. Thank you! I have trouble growing cilantro in CA due to the hot weather, and I really want to be able to harvest it with my tomatoes for salsa. By the time the toms are ready, the cilantro has bolted. I am excited to try your method. Btw: just ordered two of your diaries from Chelsea Green publishing--one for me and one for my adopted gardening granny. Am so looking forward to upping my gardening knowledge this year and having better harvests. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Very nice video about Dill and coriander. Always been afraid to plant Dill deep. Will try your method this spring. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden
@charles dowding the coriander "seed" is actually a schizocarp fruit, which is basically an enclosed collection of several seeds. have you found that you find more than 1 seedling sprouting in exact the same spot when you come around to thining tem out? i learned to slightly crush the fruit to expose the seed more quickly to moisture, and to have thinner sowings. what' s that coriander variety called? i've had what i thought was bad luck or none at all in previous attempts at dill and coriander. i had some success with direct sown coriander in spring, but it flowered way to quickly after. and dill i succeeded with in a late sowing under fleece in september even! but that's mainly because it' s so wet in fall and hardly ever freezes before january where i'm at. your film was very disenchanting in a way that i feel no longer that dill @ coriander need to be a difficult or impossible crop to grow, and the deep planting and almost "manhandling" ;-) of the seedlings was a relief to watch, especially since you continued to show how vigorous and strong these plants grew on! so thanks, - again- for reminding everyone again, that success lies in the correct timing and handling. i've integrated the white fleece already in a lot of sowings & planting, and you've just added two more candidates to the procedure! thanks for that, get safely across to 2018 and a happy new year!
Really helpful more on dill if you can. We have a separate plot for ‘fat hen’/aka corn salad, it’s a tasty herb, but I loved seeing the transplant of the dill since I don’t really see much of that online and my soil is so heavy I can’t really put any seeds in my ground, even weeds won’t grow there much of the year.
Fat Hen is also edible, but I can see why it fell out of fashion. Having tried amaranth as a vegetable last year I came to a similar conclusion; I think I'll use the space to grow coriander instead this year.
The fresh tops of fat hen (aka lambs quarters) are very tasty raw. It's yet nother undervalued/undereaten "weed" that self seeds readily & of course being fast growing if allowed its freedom it will crowd out coriande or dill. Well worth keeping a clump if you pick it regularly and easy to remove with its shallow roots.
This is great information Charles, Thank you very much :-) ... I'm just about finishing up the large indoor grow room system and coriander is one of my selected plants to trial, this information gives me an excellent base line to test sowing, pricking on, planting and harvesting/re-harvesting time scale. Wishing you a happy and successful New Year to yourself and your family Charles.
Thank you. Great video as always. One thing I’m always unsure of and nobody advises on how to tell when the plant is done and it’s time to pull it out.
Thank you very much Charles for your great tutorial, Do you use the same method for basil as well? Can you please make a video for basil and cress too?
Thank you for the video. Could you please say whether your trays have holes. Maybe it is not necessary them to have holes because the little plants do not stay too long in these trays?
Oh yes all my trees have holes and this is absolutely vital! Without holes, water cannot drain away and it's likely that roots will rot. There is a massively important part of soil and compost which roots need for breathing. Too much water is a very bad thing
Can you clarify on compost most sites say it is too rich to sow or grow in just compost. they said put a few inches on top of plants so it feeds down as it gets watered. as far as seeds most sites and garden centers say no compost or feeding seeds or small seedlings. But is your compost from what. love your gardens and knowledge
Yes for sure and "most sites" are wrong. It's like a campaign of disinformation :) Compost is anything decomposed, see my FAQ's charlesdowding.co.uk/faqs/ and this is one: no. 23 Can I sow and plant into compost? Yes, people actually ask this! Perhaps from misunderstanding the word, which here means well-decomposed organic matter. Seeds and seedlings love it.
Charles Dowding seeds don’t need anything. Just moist substrate, adequate temperature and lights. The food for the initial growth of the plant is there, inside the seed. Later on, when seedlings are breaking through, then you need to feed them, by watering with fertilizers. Of course, if you have unlimited supply of nicely finished compost, why not to use it everywhere.
Hi Charles, I've always had issues with Coriander/Cilantro bolting immediately. I'm going to try your method this year, see if I can have more success this year.
Hi Charles, years ago a student from Bangladesh told me him mum always "gently rubbed coriander seed between two palms of your hands" before planting as there are two seeds to each "seed", so they will grow better... I've never tested this but worth a mention? Ruth
To say I like this post is a complete understatement.. no cut away shots of dogs or moody music.. just FACTS.. Love it.
Yes ! Thats why Charles Dowding is my favorite go to for Info..
He seems great but I do like the cut aways to dog videos. That makes a person intertaining
Great information for sure... but dogs make everything better. Especially a garden.
@@sandyfreyman3501 lol. Big... I could use a pencil tool
Yes! I can't stand the stupid flea bags wasting my time. I find myself saying, "I don't care about your stupid dog. I came here for the plant info!" 😂
Probably make all sorts of people mad at that statement. Lol. Dog people NEVER understand how there can be someone else that doesn't really care for them. 😂😂
Finally a video that shows the whole process! This guy is a legend. Thank you!
This was really helpful! I’m always frustrated that most seed-starting videos don’t show the later RESULTS. Just showing the very first step where seeds get put into dirt isn’t helpful to me, because anyone can do that. I want to know (and SEE) what SHOULD be happening days, weeks, even a month or two after so I can tell if my seeds are coming along the way they should. A video like this lets me know that I should have a fair amount of growth in two weeks and if my trays still have none at that point, something went wrong. THAT’S what I want to learn when I watch these sort of videos. So thank you, this was perfect!
Many thanks Violet, we are happy to help!
This is so true. Can only agree! Thank you Charles (1 year later) 😊👍🏼
I am enjoying this series of videos covering planting prep, seeding transplant, to harvest VERY much.
So do I. Love the fact that we see the different stages in one video.
Ann De Nys i agree! Its something im going to try this year on my channel so i can show seed to harvest :)
Complete no-nonsense video.
Excellent.
Glad you liked it!
I'm crazy about your vegetable gardening tips and innovative growing experiments! I live in a tiny cottage at a retirement home, so I grow vertically and it's utterly astounding how many vegetable and small fruit varieties I've been able to grow in my little back yard. I use your no dig method in my pots and wall containers. Thank you so much for sharing all this with us.
Hi Cherry and I am so happy to hear of your success, it's a pleasure to help
Very much in the spirit of how gardening programs used to be, great!
The one thing that everyone else multi-sows, Charles prefers to plant a single plant per module! Coriander! I will try it your way too...
Greetings Charles ☺ I've been gardening for decades, too, & have absorbed many warnings about planting deep for fear of the dread "damping off". I know tomatoes & their ilk respond well to deep planting -- but I've been so surprised to see how hugely successful the method is with tiny, delicate seedlings such as the herbs in this video & the likes of salad greens & beets in previous ones. The firming up, too - wow - things are going to change around here! 😀 Cheers, take care & thank you from chilly Canada! 🙋
Nice to hear - perhaps because the soil is no dig and drains freely, yet holds moisture too
I have always sown them directly.. this is an eye opener ... saves space .. only strong ones are sowed .. harvesting outer leaves for continued harvest. Thanks for sharing Charles
Omg...I've never seen such strong cilantro!! Normally when I buy from the store, the stems are so thin and fragile within a few days its dead. This is amazing. I'm addicted to cilantro. I need more!
You will love growing it 😀
@@CharlesDowding1nodig I have some seedlings i've grown from seed..they're looking good so far but i'm afraid to mess it up. I don't have grow lights so my stuff is leggy
Yes be careful, bury stems gently :)
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Should they be buried in clusters or separated into individual sprouts?
Are you in a warm/sunny part of the UK that helps your plants to grow? (is there such a place as a sunny part of the uk!)
In clumps is fine.
Yes it's good here, low sixties now, some sun :)
This is amazing Charles! Thank you for these excellent tips and the demonstration.
We use coriander & dill a lot in traditional Indian cooking so I am hoping for a luscious, dense bed like this. I always find that my coriander bolts very early on - which I don't ENTIRELY mind as the seeds are also used religiously in cooking. But I have a lot of space in our garden so will be trying your method for the first time (also growing dill for the first time) and am really hoping for the best!
Sounds great Karishma and also remember to sow some after mid July, again in late July, good luck
Such a detailed video, thank you Charles! Coriander is abundant in South American cuisine (where I’m from) and, for me, is the queen of all herbs. It’s comforting (childhood memories of grandma’s food) and I want it in all my dishes! 😅 it’s not easy to find fresh, organic and without a silly plastic box and wrapping here in Germany, so this late summer I’m so wings it for the first time and I hope to get as much as you! (I also adore dill, so bonus for me!) 💛💛🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing this and best of luck. If you can fine "Cruiser" coriander, that is the large leaved one I grow
Glad I'm not the only e who sees the biggest benefit from planting beet to be the leaves for salad!
Very different to some videos on growing coriander, but so effective. I always failed with coriander, but just before we moved, I got masses of them, and I’m guessing it’s because they were growing in the shade. On the last day of our move, I picked lots for use in our next house. I shall definitely try this method. Thank you for all the helpful videos.
I simply can not wait to implement some of your multi sewing techniques. I love how you thickly sow in flats then prick out. This is new to me, so I. Ant wait to give this a try since my set up is quite small and can not accommodate starting too many seeds all at once, but with your methods, it seems as if I could be much more efficient. 2021 is going to be a great year in the garden!
This is simply wonderful. Thank you Mr Dowding, for sharing these growing guides. Much appreciated.
Glad you like them Gabor
Bob Ross of gardening !! Nice job sir.
But now I need a double espresso.
Ah thanks and enjoy the coffee!
I have that same little green tool for pricking out and making holes. Have had it for over 20 years and it is by far my favourite and most well-used garden tool!
That's good to hear!
This gives me hope! I had never thought of planting dill and coriander in the same container! Thank you!
Very inspiring! I’ve already planted some dill, coriander and accidental cress. But this reassures me I can expect a reasonable outcome. Now I just have to find a place in our 5 km lockdown zone that may sell broccoli seeds for broccoli sprouts.
Best of luck with that!
Farming is the most best habit in life,, this old man inspired me,, that is the best of being elder and leave legacies to the young 🌱🌱🌱 one,, thanks good mentor
Well said!
"This old man" 😅
Thank you for all your complete films, very educational, helpful and inspiring. I appreciate your dedication and passion.
Many thanks Gosia!
Im a beginner (yes, the quarantine made me realize I should start haha) and your videos are very helpful! Thank you :)
You can do it!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you so much! :)
We.l done Katie you will soon be hooked
As a curry maker theres nothing like coriandor leaf and seed/powder in a curry , the dried seed ground to powder is a primary ingredient in most curries and fresh leaf to flavour and garnish. I have planted some this year and look forward to fresh leaf rather than buying dried over winter.
Thanks for sharing
@@CharlesDowding1nodig glad to share , btw as i mentioned on another vid charles just by chance i had sown basil covered with vermiculite on sat in electric propagator n today they have apoeared , iv never seen basil germinate so quick . The vermuculite must make a bid diff in to heat retention in the soil, i had sown another batch with older seed a couple of weeks ago in jus compost aswell in propagator n kno sign of them yet.
Thanks Charles,I appreciate all of the informative videos that you have provided and love the nodig approach, I have done conventional gardening and composting since a boy, but find the nodig approach so much easier and beneficial for plants,and of course less weeding!
Thanks for sharing this Paul, happy to help!
Charles I didn't have success but I really believe our Sub- tropical Summer in Brisbane this year has just devastated most things- not to worry I will persist & learn. Cheers Thanks Denise
Oh dear that weather sounds bad, no dig must mitigate it at least
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Yes Thank Goodness for no dig & YOU !!!! We are coming into our Autumn & Winter which is not harsh here at all & actually great growing time.
What a pleasant man! Thank you, Charles. From New Zealand 🌹
Charles, I second Duncan. I too have enjoyed your books and thankful of your sharing of knowledge. Definitely wait impatiently for your videos.
Thanks Robert
First time dill grower - packet says sow direct! I much prefer the cells, so thank you, I shall dash out on this mucky damp day and play in the greenhouse!
Rock on!
One the most important reasons of your success is the soil quality. In our garden with badly Clay soil, we can not have as good as yours.
In your garden as I see every thing growing perfect.
Actually, no!
In the 1990s, I made a vegetable garden in France on soil, boulbène, which the locals called the worst of the region, white clay which was concrete in summer and sludge in the winter. That's why I could buy the farm! It worked very nicely with no dig, and the locals were surprised!
@@CharlesDowding1nodig Perfect👌🏻👌🏻
Plants growing on our soil, have very shallow roots and I think the lack of Oxygen around the roots make it worse. The plants can not grow properly and I need to make it more productive.
With soil like that, I would add more compost, and it will take time for these so below to improve, but it will
Bless, wish you and your loved one, a happy new year, may your world is full of happiness, pure love, pure joy, success even more with gardening.
thank you charles! so kind of you to share all your wonderful information! greetings from norway
Thanks Jaeskes
The weed you pulled out of the ground between the dill is, here in Austria, called "Melde". These leaves can be used instead of spinach. For example creamy "spinach" with scrambled or fried eggs, and mashed potatoes.
Thanks
Charles, I wonder if you've ever considered embracing your Fat Hen interlopers as a new salad crop? Chenopodium album is, after all, cultivated in some areas and is also a close relative of the newly trendy Good King Henry (C. bonus henricus). I think you can also make a flour from the seed - although I may have imagined that bit. Just a thought.
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Absolutely agree John. Once I learnt to identify it, I've been allowing it to grow until about 6 inches before pulling it and cooking it with spinach (.and baby dock). A German friend of mine gave me what seems to be a purple cultivar, which now, like fat hen is a common forage plant in my beds. Obviously it's important to identify correctly, but it's a shame to throw away vigorous volulteer food.
Interesting to know, so I believe I will try planting some dill along w the coriander I just started today. Never have done that before and never have had success with dill plantings, so I am excited to try... my climate is hot and humid. Thanks for the info!!
I find it so hard to grow dill. I read somewhere that it doesn't deal well at all being transplanted so I thought thats where I have been going wrong, but you've just blown that concept out of the water Charles !
Glad to help Matt, I wish you dill success
Last week I sowed coriander and parsley into tubs on the kitchen windowsill (late January).
I have loads of rocket growing in tubs in the greenhouse.
Broad beans about 8" tall and tiny spinach seedlings, sown in November outside in no dig beds. And garlic bulbs planted last September are doing well at about 8".
Thanks for your inspiration.
Sounds great!
I've had mixed success with both these herbs so excited to try this in the new year. Thanks again for generously sharing your wisdom. I've bought, used and enjoyed all of your books. I have limited time to dedicate to the garden (wish it could be more) but No Dig has enabled me to grow and provide nutritious food for me and family. I have thoroughly enjoyed your excellent videos which really help to connect the ideas from across your books. That you provide all the youtube information for free is incredible. Thanks so much, wishing you a prosperous and abundant 2018!
Thanks for your kind words Duncan and I am happy to hear that your crops are good, have a great 2018
My mouth is watering. I can’t wait for spring salads!!
Thanks mate, you made that easy to understand. 👍
Nice video! Very informative. I'm going to try and use the fleece row covers later on this year when I pull my cilantro out of the trays. Thanks Charles!
Awesome video, I'm currently busy with my garden during this lockdown in my country, and coriander is a must in our kitchen. That variety of coriander really is much bigger than usual, mine have germinated nicely and will be ready in a few weeks i guess. Pity we're edging closer to winter soon
Sow asap Krrish
Thank you, ALL your videos have helped me so much.
I'm so glad Herman
As always, another great video. We live in the southern-eastern USA, which has short but cold winters (not much snow, but ice is common) and with long HOT and humid summers. So perhaps for us now is the time to plant these lovelies. Thanks!
Yes I would sow right now under cover or indoors
Wow grow quickly coriander.... Beautiful garden 💐🍀🌷
Really helpful - thank you - I grew coriander somewhat unsuccessfully 2 years ago but it has lavishly self-seeded since, along with rocket, spinach and parsley so I feel that I'm not just doing no-dig, but also no-plant - but it feels rather out of control so am watching your videos to improve
Self-seeding is fine but thin them hard!
Thank you - I hadn't thought of that
You can break coriander seeds in half for quicker germination and save some seeds 😉
Thankyou :)
Yes we used to use baby show to press coriander seeds on a bamboo plate slightly press it to break into half and soak in water for 1 hour and plant them by just spreading them damp soil . Charles gave a different turn to individually planting each sampling is amazing. You all inspire so much thank you .learnt so many tricks of Gardening from my amazing dad.
Happy new year Mr Dowding, hope you continue to give us these great videos in 2018, thank you!
Thanks we do our best
Charles Dowding in 2020 too please. Only stumbled upon your channel yesterday - wonderful! Thank you. Stay safe. 👍
Very good, I've set some coriander way back in early winter which are only just coming on. They were in a greenhouse after germinating inside but managed to survive and grow slowly. Pricked them out and brought them inside again now after seeing they weren't doing much. Great to hear the tips about deep planting, as mine are a bit gangly, and being reassured that only a few plants will be enough to keep me going. I think I have 6.
Sounds good Reggie
Thanks for the info and love your greenhouse. We’ve learned the importance of picking cilantro frequently before they start to bolt. Great video as always.
Charles.. that slow growing patch is under the hole in the fleece. 😉😄👍 Beautiful plants! My two favourite herbs. Coriander I grow year round as a micro green as well. Lovely on a sandwich or in a curry in the middle of winter. 😄
Cool, thanks 😀
Thank you, a very helpful and informative video, as always. My dill needs to go into a larger pot this weekend so I found this video at the perfect time.
Wonderful!
It looks so effortless for you Charles, but I can tell you coriander is a real diva that I’ve had the most effort sprouting and getting growing consistently 🙈. For me, I’ve had to split the seeds, soak them overnight before actually sowing them and even then still takes 2-3 weeks to sprout. Otherwise they don’t sprout at all. All you need is a sudden hot day to fry them and your efforts are reduced to zilch! 🤪😂 I have better luck now doing it in a greenhouse and leaving it there😄, otherwise, the bugs love them too.
Oh dear. It sounds like your climate is more difficult than here!
Thanks Mr Charles for another lovely video, hopefully next year I'll attend one of your courses. Happy and abundant new year for you and your family.
Thanks Denis and I look forward to that
im going to try to grow dill to encourage ladybirds... i want them to come by my veg plot and control the aphids! thanks for the excellent content (again!!)
Charles is a great teacher!
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Mr. Dowding, your videos are informative and inspiring. I feel lucky to receive your knowledge gained from years of experience, thank you!
Can I ask why go through the first step of planting in the small pot then pricking them out? In my opinion it would be less work to sow into the larger tray. Is there a purpose to this extra step? Thank you!
Winston Loh thankyou Winston and a small tray needs less space. So in February when seeds are germinating, you can keep the little tray anywhere in your house.
Many thanks for the reply! You are an inspiration!
Thank you for posting it, Charles. Buon anno from Rome!
Your channel is just great, thank you so much for sharing your wisdom in such detail. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Germany
Thank you very much Anja
You make a beautiful job with your garden. I hope you have some helping hands to it, because that is tremendous work for just one person. Be blessed!
Thankyou and Yes I have help, equivalent to about one person full time per week, and a lot of the time is picking.
Z. U
A very enjoyable video, Charles
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent and informative video. I love coriander and dill. Thank you.
I can grow coriander here very nicely direct sow in the late summer and have a nice crop in late winter...but my dill just won't survive here in our ground. I think I'll have to try a pot, because I truly love fresh dill for fermented dill pickles.
Dill definitely is more fragile and less long-lived
Brilliant. I really enjoyed seeing the whole process. Thank you.
Cheers Brian
Great video, Charles. I thought coriander had a tap root and does not like to be disturbed, will try this today. Yeah they say not to chop leafy greens but just tear them using hands or fingers to retain more nutritive value.
Thanks, and I often hear, Sharada, that coriander “cannot be transplanted”!
I love watching your videos from my home in Windermere, Florida zone 9b when you are a month to 6 weeks ahead during this time of year. I'm planting seeds for Spring and harvesting the lettuces, carrots, radishes, beets and spinach that I sowed in November.
I'm predicting that your subscriptions hit 500K by the end of the year 👩🌾👍
Sounds great Peggy. By September I reckon :)
Charles for years I have tried to grow coriander from seeds because I love it even in salad. I had no luck I discovered they love rich soil and as I keep chicken I have lots of chicken manure. I have bought plants from the supermarket and planted it into my veg patch with composted chicken manure. 3 weeks later they are nice and green and full of flavour I will try your method thanks for the video
Young amateur gardener here, really enjoyed the video thank you, so easy to follow and you make me want to get out in the garden asap :)
Nice to hear Sass and I wish you good harvests
I’m really enjoying your videos as they show the whole growing process, from sowing seeds, planting out the plants and harvesting for the table.
They also show how successful No-Dig is with your beautifully cropping garden.
It’s New Year’s Eve in 2017 here and I’ll be putting up your 2018 Calendar tomorrow, all set to start another No-Dig season, filled with renewed vigour from your videos.
Thank you for sharing and Happy 2018.
Jeanette.
Thanks Jetjai and I wish you great harvests too in 2018
Great guidance. I will get on it tomorrow. Advantage of lockdown !
nice video seeing this makes you want to get sowing and planting out
Happy growing Steven though not just yet!
If you put the coriander seeds in a plastic bag and run over them with a rolling pin, they will crack into at least two seeds. This will help them to germinate faster.
Mine are not sprouting... First timer with them. I was wondering if the problem is that the seeds die after a year. But maybe I'll try this tip out if it turns out they don't die after a year. :0)
I transplated some a month to two months ago and planted some seats outside. It was too hot and dry so the transplated ones died and I don't think seeds grew. So now in September it has cooled down I have some I side and planted some seeds outside and they are growing nicely. These two types of plants like cool wet weather.
All of your videos have been great! Very informative. I have really enjoyed them! I'm over here in Florida, USA. Even with a different climate, I can use so many planting tips from you. I will try starting seeds in modules instead of direct sowing.
Sara that is good to hear, and have fun with your module sowing
Hi Charles, this was a very informative video and love how you show the whole growing process from seed to harvest. Thank you! I have trouble growing cilantro in CA due to the hot weather, and I really want to be able to harvest it with my tomatoes for salsa. By the time the toms are ready, the cilantro has bolted. I am excited to try your method.
Btw: just ordered two of your diaries from Chelsea Green publishing--one for me and one for my adopted gardening granny. Am so looking forward to upping my gardening knowledge this year and having better harvests. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Great to hear and I hope you enjoy the Diaries
My lower back is aching for you...
Brilliant video.
Cheers
Very nice video about Dill and coriander. Always been afraid to plant Dill deep. Will try your method this spring. Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden
Thank you! merry Christmas and Happy New year! ! !
Cheers Kejia
You can't beat fresh coriander in a curry. Dill is amazing with salmon.
Gnome Party i agree and im definately gonna grow some dill this year
@charles dowding the coriander "seed" is actually a schizocarp fruit, which is basically an enclosed collection of several seeds. have you found that you find more than 1 seedling sprouting in exact the same spot when you come around to thining tem out? i learned to slightly crush the fruit to expose the seed more quickly to moisture, and to have thinner sowings.
what' s that coriander variety called?
i've had what i thought was bad luck or none at all in previous attempts at dill and coriander. i had some success with direct sown coriander in spring, but it flowered way to quickly after. and dill i succeeded with in a late sowing under fleece in september even! but that's mainly because it' s so wet in fall and hardly ever freezes before january where i'm at.
your film was very disenchanting in a way that i feel no longer that dill @ coriander need to be a difficult or impossible crop to grow, and the deep planting and almost "manhandling" ;-) of the seedlings was a relief to watch, especially since you continued to show how vigorous and strong these plants grew on! so thanks, - again- for reminding everyone again, that success lies in the correct timing and handling. i've integrated the white fleece already in a lot of sowings & planting, and you've just added two more candidates to the procedure! thanks for that, get safely across to 2018 and a happy new year!
Thank you so much, I would love to grow my own coriander this year, little bit late but let's see....
My reaction to this style of video is to get out there and get sowing, thanks for sharing and a happy new year to you family and team Mike B
Thanks Mike and happy 2018
Thank you for creating this video.
Really helpful more on dill if you can. We have a separate plot for ‘fat hen’/aka corn salad, it’s a tasty herb, but I loved seeing the transplant of the dill since I don’t really see much of that online and my soil is so heavy I can’t really put any seeds in my ground, even weeds won’t grow there much of the year.
Fat Hen is also edible, but I can see why it fell out of fashion. Having tried amaranth as a vegetable last year I came to a similar conclusion; I think I'll use the space to grow coriander instead this year.
The fresh tops of fat hen (aka lambs quarters) are very tasty raw. It's yet nother undervalued/undereaten "weed" that self seeds readily & of course being fast growing if allowed its freedom it will crowd out coriande or dill. Well worth keeping a clump if you pick it regularly and easy to remove with its shallow roots.
This is great information Charles, Thank you very much :-) ... I'm just about finishing up the large indoor grow room system and coriander is one of my selected plants to trial, this information gives me an excellent base line to test sowing, pricking on, planting and harvesting/re-harvesting time scale.
Wishing you a happy and successful New Year to yourself and your family Charles.
Thanks Jim and I wish you success in your grow room!
great videos to watch and I'm very inspired to try growing so many plants
Brilliant, hope it goes well
I bought down coriander yesterday 🙏🏼
Thank you. Great video as always. One thing I’m always unsure of and nobody advises on how to tell when the plant is done and it’s time to pull it out.
In this case it's when the plants are in full flower, unless you want the seeds!
Thank you very much Charles for your great tutorial, Do you use the same method for basil as well?
Can you please make a video for basil and cress too?
Thankyou.
Basil is much more warmth loving so not quite the same. Shall see if time allows.
Thank you for the video. Could you please say whether your trays have holes. Maybe it is not necessary them to have holes because the little plants do not stay too long in these trays?
Oh yes all my trees have holes and this is absolutely vital! Without holes, water cannot drain away and it's likely that roots will rot. There is a massively important part of soil and compost which roots need for breathing. Too much water is a very bad thing
Can you clarify on compost
most sites say it is too rich to sow or grow in just compost.
they said put a few inches on top of plants so it feeds down as it gets watered.
as far as seeds most sites and garden centers say no compost or feeding seeds or small seedlings.
But is your compost from what.
love your gardens and knowledge
Yes for sure and "most sites" are wrong.
It's like a campaign of disinformation :)
Compost is anything decomposed, see my FAQ's
charlesdowding.co.uk/faqs/
and this is one:
no. 23 Can I sow and plant into compost?
Yes, people actually ask this! Perhaps from misunderstanding the word, which here means well-decomposed organic matter. Seeds and seedlings love it.
Charles Dowding seeds don’t need anything. Just moist substrate, adequate temperature and lights. The food for the initial growth of the plant is there, inside the seed. Later on, when seedlings are breaking through, then you need to feed them, by watering with fertilizers. Of course, if you have unlimited supply of nicely finished compost, why not to use it everywhere.
Thank you for the very informative video.
Glad it was helpful 🌱
I love your voice
Hi Charles, I've always had issues with Coriander/Cilantro bolting immediately. I'm going to try your method this year, see if I can have more success this year.
A late comment. In the USA, we call the plant cilantro, but the seeds are still coriander.
Hi Charles,
years ago a student from Bangladesh told me him mum always "gently rubbed coriander seed between two palms of your hands" before planting as there are two seeds to each "seed", so they will grow better... I've never tested this but worth a mention? Ruth
Yes that is true, thanks Rachel
How does rubbing them help if you don't mind me asking.
Excellent video 💚
Informative video thanks,great presentation