Celery

[Andrewtheface]

Has anyone had any experience of growing it, tips etc i love the stuff but have heard its hard to grow?


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[WendyC]

I'm growing it this year. I haven't harvested any yet. The hardest thing was giving it enough water. I grew it in a square trench with manure at the bottom, so water would drain down rather than away. I planted them in a block and watered as much as I could. Time will tell what it's like, I need to have a good look at it to see if it is ready. The variety was "Victoria".

[daviddevantnhisspiritwife]

I had a packet of Tango F1 gathering dust. I thought I'd chance them, I germinated them in modules did my best to keep them watered (loads germinated easily). I transplanted them to a spare space in the ground when I thought they stood a chance. When it was dry and hot I watered them other than that I have left them to their own devices.

Tango F1 are self blanching so do not need earthing up. They look ok, if a little on the dinky side.

The seed is very fiddly almost microscopic.
If you get a self blanching variety you won't have to earth up.
Keep em watered.

I can't really offer any more info than that.

[Andrewtheface]

Thanks for the quick answers. Do you think you can grow it through winter in a PT ?


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[solway cropper]

I grow self-blanching types in deep containers with excellent results but you do need huge amounts of water. If it dries out it will go stringy and tough and usually run to seed.

[solway cropper]

Very few things can actually grow over winter and celery will not stand much cold so I'd wait till next spring.

[Feral007]

I've had my celery in over winter. It didn't do much, the womboks, the bok choi, the red cabbage and the broccoli did great. But now the others have dropped off their perches (gone to seed with the sudden hot weather) the celery is looking good. We've not had many days without massive frosts this winter so the one I've got seems to cope. I can't say what they are, it was just a pack of seedlings and I couldn't resist trying it out.

Mind you we haven't had much rain at all, so will be interesting to see how they take off now.

Question: can I 'earth up' using hay? We've got more of that than we do of earth.

[chris]

Hay has a lot of weed seeds in apparently, so you'd be introducing weeds..

[Bill HH]

I think hay would be a bad idea, it willl rot and go black spoiling your celery. I blanch mine using strips of builders damp course rolled round the plant and tied with a bow. But you can use cardboard or foil even.