Coriander.

A fast herb that runs to seed the moment it is held too long

Coriander sells into cuisines with steady year-round demand, and it is one of the herbs a mixed nutrient-film house adds to widen its range rather than growing alone. The leaf is the product in most markets, and it is graded on freshness and on the absence of any sign the plant has begun to bolt.

The crop is short-cycle and grown in nutrient film. Its defining commercial risk is how quickly it moves from harvestable leaf to a flowering stem, which is driven by temperature and day length rather than by the calendar. Scheduling is therefore the main control the grower has, and a house running coriander is planning plantings as much as it is managing climate.

Coriander earns its place inside a wider herb programme rather than on its own. The design case is a nutrient-film system whose channels can be reassigned between crops, a climate that suits several short herbs at once, and a layout that lets one crop be cleared without disturbing the ones beside it.

DutchGreenhouses® designs the structure, climate and irrigation around the herb programme as a whole, so a mixed house can carry several short crops on one system. Get in touch to discuss a herb project.