Not only its delicate flavor makes celery popular as a vegetable. It also contains plenty of vitamins and fiber and is also low in calories. Good reasons to grow the delicious celery in the garden yourself. Celeriac root and stalks are not sown directly in the field, but rather grown in seed trays indoors.

You need:

  • Cultivation bowls or small pots
  • loose earth
  • seed
  • and a warm place on the windowsill

This is how you can sow indoors

Cultivation of the young celery plants begins at the end of February and lasts until March. Sow in seed trays or small pots in loose soil.

Celery needs light to germinate, so the seeds are only lightly pressed into the soil. You place the cultivation vessels on the bright window sill; ambient temperatures of 18 to 22 degrees Celsius are ideal. Water only sparingly during cultivation, preferably with a spray bottle.

Prick out the celery plants

When the first 2 - 3 leaves have developed, prick out at a distance of 4 - 5 cm. Only the strongest plants are left standing.

During the growing season you can supply the small celery plants with liquid fertilizer.

Transplant into the bed from the end of May

When the ice saints are over, the celery plants can move to the well-prepared garden bed. The planting distance for the celery is approx. 40 cm.

The heart of the plant should always be left sticking out at the top so that strong tubers can form. After planting, the celery is watered regularly, especially during dry periods.

tips and tricks

Before moving to the vegetable patch, the young celery plants need to be hardened off. For this purpose, the plants are placed outdoors during the day. Similar to the germination temperatures, the outside temperatures should also be around 18 degrees Celsius to avoid bolting.

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Vegetable garden