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Celery is a very popular vegetable
and is grown for its thick, crunchy and juicy stalks.
Although you can buy celery in grocery store whole year round,
but home-grown and fresh celery has much better texture and flavor,
and of course much healthier.
Growing celery needs some tricks but is not difficult at all.
I will show you in this video.
To start Celery seeds, you will need to give the seeds
some cold exposure to simulate germination.
Soak the seeds in water for at least 12 hours,
wrap the seeds up in a wet paper towel.
Put in a plastic bag and loosely fold it up.
Place the whole thing in refrigerator for 24 hours,
then sow the seeds in potting mix.
Keep the soil wet the whole time.
Celery takes long time to germinate, from 2 week up to a month.
Please be patient.
Celery’s seedlings grow very slowly.
After 4~6 weeks, celery will grow about 3~4 leaves.
Because celery’s young seedlings are crowded together,
you will need to separate them.
Carefully split each plant from the cluster, make sure you get enough roots.
Put each young plant into a single cell in seed starter,
cover celery’s roots with potting mix.
It takes long time to grow celery seedlings,
so you should start your seeds about two and half months before growing season.
The good thing is celery seedlings are shade and heat tolerant.
Starting in hot summer, keep the seedlings shady and well-watered.
In winter, keep them indoor with some light.
The seedlings will just grow fine.
Keep the potting mix wet the whole time and let the seedlings continue to grow.
About 4 weeks later, celery will grow 5~6 leaves.
It is time to transplant in your garden.
Add a lot of organic fertilizer, turn over the soil and bury it deep.
Plant celery about half foot apart.
If you plant them too far apart, the stalks tend to be thick and short.
Also, choose a half shady spot and stay away from full sun.
Celery’s stalks will be longer and tenderer too.
Fully water your seedlings after transplanting.
Celery is cool weather vegetable. The best temperature is 60~70 F.
Temperature higher than 78F, celery stalks can be tough and hard,
and are easier to suffer disease problem.
Temperature lower than 40 degree it will grow very slowly.
So choose the right time to plant your celery in garden.
After transplanting, celery grows very fast.
Celery consumes a lot of nutrients and water to support its growth.
That is why we need to add plenty of organic fertilizer when we transplant them
and make sure it is watered well.
If necessary, you may need to supplement some inorganic fertilizer.
At early growing stage, Nitrogen fertilizer will help celery to grow vivid leaves.
About one month later when it gets into stalk growing stage,
Potassium and Phosphorus together with Nitrogen will make celery grow better quality stalks.
Other than nutrients and water, celery does not need much care.
It has less bugs and diseases problem compared to other vegetables.
You will see that they grow more leaves, cover up the whole area.
The stalks grow up-right and get thicker and thicker.
You can choose to trim off the bigger stem to eat
and let the plants continue to grow new stalks.
This way you can have your celery keep on producing for long time.
Or you can harvest the whole plant.
The best part of celery is the flavorful, young and crunchy heart.
As far as temperature is appropriate, celery will keep on growing more stalks.
The whole plant will be bigger and taller.
Take your time to enjoy this delicious and healthy vegetable!
When the weather gets warmer than 78 degree,
celery stalk will get hard and lower its quality.
You should remove the plants and keep the space for other vegetables.
Depending on your local weather, celery can be grown as autumn, winter or spring crop.
Just plan your growing in advance and start your seeds in time.
You will have this wonderful vegetable in your garden.
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