Celery
| Growing calendar | |
|---|---|
| Sow indoors | Mid Mar-mid Apr |
| Plant out | Mid May-mid Jun |
| Harvest | Aug-Feb |
How to grow celery
Sow seed 0.1cm deep in pots. Harden off and transplant 15-30cm apart. Plant 'trench' varieties at the base of a 10cm deep trench, backfilling left-over soil to blanch.
Water in dry weather.
Harvesting and using celery
Dig up as required, finish harvesting self-blanching varieties before frosts and trenched plants from October. Harvest before leaves yellow.
Tips on growing celery
For best flavour, blanch trench varieties when 30cm tall (tie newspaper columns are stems, leaving leaf tips showing and pull soil around).
| Growing notes | |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Tricky |
| Germination time | 12-18 days |
| Average time to harvest | 25 weeks (self-blaching), 40 weeks (trench) |
| Equipment needed | Newspaper (optional0 |
| Average plant size | 45cm tall, 30cm wide |
| Family group to grow with | Apiaceae: carrot, parsnip |
| Key nutritional content | Vitamin C |
| Seed saving notes | Biennial, needs isolation |