Celery stalk experiment!!

[veggiechicken]

Yet another of my wacky attempts to grow veg from leftovers that might otherwise end up in the compost bin. This time its celery tops
I cut the leaves and a bit of stalk off the celery head and put 4 of them in water. One of them has rooted. Now to pot it up and see what happens next.

If you look closely you'll see some ghostly hands at work

[vikkib]

Ooooh!

Do let us know how you get on! I'm trying to grow celery this year but I've tried before and I'm not holding out much hope so if this works I'll be following suit!

[veggiechicken]

Why don't you buy yourself a celery head with leaves and give it a go too. I don't want to be the only Celery stalk Nutter in the world

[lottie dolly]

Your talents never end,i tried with a whole base,all i got was a mini desert island with an inch high tree in the middle,no roots,now gone to compost,

[Bigmallly]

Not only has it grown roots........it's grown a bladdy camera.........

[vikkib]

Why don't you buy yourself a celery head with leaves and give it a go too. I don't want to be the only Celery stalk Nutter in the world

You're on! I shall get a good leafy one next time I visit the shops and make, what will, to all intents and purposes, look like a crazy flower arrangement!

[veggiechicken]

Not only has it grown roots........it's grown a bladdy camera.........

You should have the seen the one with a face

[veggiechicken]

You're on! I shall get a good leafy one next time I visit the shops and make, what will, to all intents and purposes, look like a crazy flower arrangement!

I have a window sill full of crazy flower arrangements leek stumps, carrot tops, sweet potatoes, fennel bases, onion stumps, potato shoots, lemon grass, lovage, basil and, of course celery

[veggiechicken]

Celery Stalk update 8th April

Planted out two of my celery experiments - one grown from the base of the celery has several new stalks growing and had been planted in the GH bed. The other, from a rooted leaf and section of stalk was in need of repotting - roots growing out of the flowerpot
I've planted them in an old water tank, under the GH guttering, which will keep the soil wet.

I hope I'm growing perennial celery

[sammy_roser]

That is brilliant VC!

[eirish]

I hope I'm growing perennial celery

I hope you're not growing something more sinister.

[veggiechicken]

Ooher - "the town is crawling with killer parsnips and homicidal heads of lettuce".....
that does sounds .......challenging

[snakeshack]

Ooher - "the town is crawling with killer parsnips and homicidal heads of lettuce".....
that does sounds .......challenging

at last something to fight back against the slugs,harvesting might be tricky though,serve with steak maybe?

[taff]

that's a thought, if celery is biennial, then theoretically, the plant should flower?

[eirish]

at last something to fight back against the slugs,harvesting might be tricky though,serve with steak maybe?

Did you mean 'stake'?