Apium graveolens L. - this euphonious Latin name stands for real celery. It was already cultivated in ancient Greece and is used by us as a medicinal and vegetable plant. Celeriac and celery sticks are grown in the home garden. Different varieties of both are available.

Celery or celeriac - how do you choose?

The stalk or celery got its name from its long, fleshy leaf stalks. The petioles are eaten raw or cooked. Harvest time is from June to October. Some varieties of celery will bleach on their own, making their stalks more tender.

The harvest of the celeriac only begins in August. But that lasts until December. The round tubers and the herb are eaten.

Both celery stalks and celeriac thrive in our home gardens. Which celery you choose certainly depends on the taste.

If space in the garden bed is limited, celery has an advantage because it takes up less space than celeriac. Celery is suitable for growing in pots.

cut celery

Because of its strong taste, the cut celery is used as a herb. Its leaves can be used fresh, dried and frozen. Varieties are "Gewone Snij" and "Amsterdamse Donkergroene/Safir". The cut celery can overwinter under a foil tunnel (€11.46).

Popular varieties of celeriac

  • Prinz: white, firm flesh, high yield, mildly spicy taste, bolt resistant, also for the greenhouse
  • Ibis: smooth tuber with white flesh, nutty taste, bolt resistant
  • Mars: thick, green-white tubers, resistant to celery rust
  • Biancho del Veneto: late-ripening variety, white skin, white flesh, lush leaves
  • Giant Prague: large tubers with white flesh, sweet taste
  • Monarch: very large, light bulb, mild, nutty taste

These are the stalk celery varieties

  • Tango: juicy, green stalks with a fine, spicy taste, tolerant of bolting, formation of side shoots
    and leaf spot disease
  • Elne: fleshy, smooth leaves, subtle spice
  • Spartacus F1: precocious, upright, low tendency to bolt, resistant to diseases,
    also as celery
  • Giant golden celery: fleshy, broad stalks
  • Gigante Dorato: full, firm ribs, early to medium ripe

tips and tricks

For a particularly aromatic celery, old varieties should be grown. Older varieties have a smaller, more aromatic tuber and darker flesh. The "Wiener Riesen" celeriac is available as seeds.

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Vegetable garden