My poor dead coriander, I've killed another one. What has happened to it?

[Eleusis]

I keep it on the window sil above/behind the sink next to the basil and the chives. I love fresh coriander, but a soon as it get there, it dies.

What am I doing wrong?

Wish I knew, mine does exactly that too!

I've never found coriander much use as a herb to grow in pots - best thing to have a continuous supply is just to keep sowing more.

The pots you buy in the supermarket are designed to die after a few days - so you will buy a new one-clever hmm!

Do you use it? It likes heat but not in direct sun. Over watering is not good either.

I don't think they're very happy in pots indoors, really. I was fed up of my potted mint dying (was on my third pot) and in desperation I chucked the withered remains out on the patio (still in pot) and to my amazement it slowly recovered, even though it had looked all but dead. I then dug up a bit of the edge of the lawn and planted it out plus a thyme pot and parsley and they're all thriving now out there.

However, if your basil and chives are doing OK on the windowsill I've no idea why coriander should be more sensitive.

Thanks everyone. Hmmm... might have to buy another and put it outside in the shade.

Carmenere, what do you mean the pots are designed to die. Yes, of course, bought it at Tesco.

Apparently the soil they are grown in only has barely enough nutrients to last for the length of time it takes them to grow or summat like that. So I think if you were to transplant it to the garden it may do ok.

Coriander doesn't last long even under optiumum conditions. The only way to have a continuous supply of it is to sow seeds every 3 or 4 weeks so that you always have some coming into their best as the old plants die.

The supermarket plants are quite big and bushy so they are probably already quite near the end of their life-span when you buy them.