Will herb seed for cooking grow?
Five seed experiment
Which herb seeds sold for cooking can you grow easily? And do their leaves taste any good? To find out, I went to my local health food shop, where they conveniently sell herbs loose - and splashed out 97 pence on a few grams of five herbs: coriander, fenugreek, white mustard, fennel, and dill.
A few of each of the seeds were planted in shallow seed tray. Can't wait to see what comes up!

Which herb seeds sold for cooking can you grow easily? And do their leaves taste any good? To find out, I went to my local health food shop, where they conveniently sell herbs loose - and splashed out 97 pence on a few grams of five herbs: coriander, fenugreek, white mustard, fennel, and dill.
A few of each of the seeds were planted in shallow seed tray. Can't wait to see what comes up!

8 days later
The mustard has emerged. The taste takes me back to the mustard and cress we had as a child - and to bad memories of egg sandwiches. I admire how vigorous it is a crop but remain ambivalent about the flavour. I hope some of the other seeds will come up, too.
2 weeks later
Everything except the fennel is now growing (no sign of the mustard - because it's all eaten!). Still a bit too small to harvest, even as 'micro greens' (to use its trendy name). Will leave for a few more days.
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