second cropping

[solway cropper]

I've grown self-blanching celery for a few years now and always harvest it by cutting the stalks about an inch above ground level and leaving the plant to produce a second crop. The photo shows a plant in a container which was cut in early August and has now produced a good flush of small stalks which are useful as a flavouring in soups or salads.

No special treatment was given apart from weekly feeds with a liquid general fertilizer.

[digthatchick]

Looks great to me - one of my favorites in salads and soups.

[Two_Sheds]

nice! the technique works for leeks, spring onions and cabbages too

[peanut]

Great tips! I shall try it on celery and spring onions.

[LolaLou]

I've also tried the second crop method with a cabbage and got four lovely little mini cabbages at the end of the summer.

Solway - when you grow the 'first' set of celery, what type of ground do you grow it in - do you dig in lots of compost or manure or just plonk it in and feed it now and then (obviously keeping it well watered)?? I'm hesitant to grow celery as I failed so miserable with Celeriac this year (although some of plants that started to bolt and got left in the ground to keep the weeds down are bulking up into nice little tennis ball sized roots???) and would be really interested to know how other people prepare the ground before sowing (I've read books but its not the same as hands on experience!).