Coriander · Bexley, England, United Kingdom

When to plant coriander in Bexley

Main outdoor window

31 Mar - 10 Apr

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

14 April

In Bexley, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

15 May - 9 Jun

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Bexley

Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.

Sow for autumn

6-27 Aug

Counting back 84 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

31 Mar - 10 Apr

Two weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

15 May - 9 Jun

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 14 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Half-hardy

Damaged below

-5°C (23°F)

Days to maturity

45–70

Min soil temp

7°C (44.6°F)

Spacing

15 cm

Sowing depth

12 mm (0.5 in)

Sun

Full

Coriander through the year

Against the frost risk in Bexley

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Coriander

Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Why these dates

Sow every two weeks from two weeks before last frost. The autumn sowing lasts far longer than any summer one, and in mild climates overwinters.

Takes -5C and grows happily in cool weather. Heat, not frost, is what ends a coriander plant.

Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Coriander are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Bexley.

The median frost-free season here is 219 days, against 45 to 70 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

See every crop timed for Bexley →

Nearby

Coriander in places close by

Islington 20 km London 20 km City of Westminster 21 km Southend-on-Sea 41 km Luton 62 km Brighton 71 km

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Growing coriander in Bexley

When should I plant coriander in Bexley?

Aim for 31 Mar - 10 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 21 Apr - 1 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will coriander be ready to harvest in Bexley?

Expect to start picking around 15 May - 9 Jun, based on 45 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will coriander tolerate?

Takes -5C and grows happily in cool weather. Heat, not frost, is what ends a coriander plant.