Comments on: Home Grown Celery

By: Rare Glimpses of Celery in the Home Garden — Veggie Gardening Tips

Rare Glimpses of Celery in the Home Garden — Veggie Gardening Tips — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:42:12 +0000

[...] being such a common and ordinary vegetable at the grocer, celery is surrounded by a bit of of mystery and intrigue out in the vegetable garden. On one hand many [...]

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:15:54 +0000

Hi Donna, harden the plants off gradually to allow them to get used to outdoor conditions and then carefully transplant the celery seedlings out into the garden on a day with mild weather if possible, supply adequate moisture and the plants should do fine for you.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:22:55 +0000

Planted celerly seeds inside late march. Now In a container plants are a beautiful dark green and 6 inches tall small stalk. Where do we go from here.

By: amit aggarwal

amit aggarwal — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:01:37 +0000

I wasn’t able to grow celery at home. Climate does not favor to grow. I need it, its soup is very tasty so from where can get its plant in north India?

By: Malini

Malini — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:47:56 +0000

Hi I did as suggested in your site i.e Scatter the seeds onto a flat or wide container and just barely cover with a fine layer of a seed starting soil less mix.

Don’t worry if the seedlings germinate and grow rather thickly. After a few weeks prick the celery seedlings out and plant the strongest ones into individual cells or containers. Celery seedlings transplant up very easily so you should have little trouble and no losses during the process.

But to my horror all 150 seedlings that I tranferred to individual cells have just flopped over and died. I am in india and the climate is 25degrees celsius max and 12 degrees cel min, good sunshine during the day no frost and no mist or due. and my trays are out on my balcony. So help how do I get my next batch of seedlings transplanted into individual cells without killing them.
Malini

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:14:25 +0000

I can’t say for certain how celery will grow in your South African climate, and don’t know how severe your rainy season is. I would suggest that you try growing celery on a small scale to see how well the crop adapts to your growing season and conditions in your climate. Here in Central PA celery grows okay from spring into fall and is much stronger flavored than the blanched celery grown for market.

By: Benjamin&Henry

Benjamin&Henry — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:53:11 +0000

We live in Southern Africa and it’s summer season now. We are planning to grow Celery two months from now in rain season, can it do well in rain season?

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:32:31 +0000

Celery is cold hardy but not to the degree of leafy greens such as kale and collards. It probably won’t last in the open garden without protection after the weather turns extremely cold, but with the winter being as mild as it has been, you never know. With a little protection or a thick mulch the plants may survive the winter and regrow next spring.