How do you grow celery?

[VirginVegGrower]

I'm growing celery again this year, but have never been truly successful in the past. Now celeriac I have mastered. But we eat bucket loads of both, in soups, stews, celery with sloppy ripe French cheese....mmmm. So I really want to be successful with it and have taken advice from an old boy, who grows it in a trench and wraps newspaper and string around his even though it is self blanching. This way, no stringy stalks apparently. This year I'm copying him, every step of the way.

[Helgalush]

I tried last year in a container but I grew them too close together and they didnt really bulk up. They were good enough chopped up for the rabbits though. I'd tried tying a cut kitchen roll inner and placing that round the stems, loosely tied with string so it could expand, worked up to a point.

Going to try again this year, have got a self-blanching type from Real Seeds.

[Florence Fennel]

I grew it in flower buckets last year, but I put too many in one bucket. This year it'll be one plant, one bucket. They do take an awful lot of water.

[binley100]

After growing self blanching for the last couple of years this year I'm going for trench celery . Also I'm going to try and get celeriac that's bigger than a golf ball ......

[super trowel]

I can't remember if I bought self blanching or not?
I will check in the morning, pretty sure I did :s

[cazp]

I have some lathom galaxy celery seeds on the go. Anyone tried this variety?

[VirginVegGrower]

After growing self blanching for the last couple of years this year I'm going for trench celery . Also I'm going to try and get celeriac that's bigger than a golf ball ......

Water and muck. Water and muck. I buried mine deeper last year too and they were bigger?!?