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Celery

InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
in Fruit & veg

Anyone grown this?

We are looking for different things to grow each year and were talking about celery last night after seeing someone eat it on a TV programme.  From what I see on Google it takes a long time to grow and doesn’t produce much of a crop.

We have more or less decided against it,  but would be grateful to hear from anyone who has had experience of growing this in a tub.




At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  

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  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    Anyone?
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237
    I tried growing celery a couple of years ago.  It looked great and I was really looking forward to using it but the taste was very bitter so we had to throw it out. I haven't repeated the experiment! 
  • CrankyYankeeCrankyYankee Posts: 504
    I grow it every year in pots, but I cheat!  In late winter I begin saving the hearts from store bought celery and pop them in small jars or glasses to root.  


    By early spring I'll have six to ten well rooted starts which will be transferred to containers in the garden. The stalks don't ever grow as large as what I buy in the store, but they get fairly tall and they've been delicious.  They're a cool weather plant, so I put them out around the same time as when I'm planting lettuce, peas, and broccoli.  By June I can start cutting stalks as I need them.  If I were you, I'd try this method with a few starts - I know it took me a few years to figure out what worked best in my climate.  I make sure they have new soil and compost in the containers each year, and they get watered regularly.  The added bonus is drying the leaves and crushing them to use as flavoring in stews or soups.  :)
    New England, USA
    Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited September 2023
    I have grown the self blanching type. It wasn't sufficiently better than the supermarket stuff to be worth the fiddle - it's not the easiest thing to grow well IME.

    CrankyYankee's approach looks good though.....
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • scrogginscroggin Posts: 437
    I've tried to grow it a couple of times, decided that it wasn't worth the space or effort. Similarly with celeriac which is easier to grow, except for the fact that slugs and snails love it.
    Both are readily available in the shops and there's no difference in flavour and quality, probably better from commercial growers to be honest. 
  • InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
    Thanks everyone.  We didn't think it would be worth it.

    We'll give CrankyYankee's method a try though.

    At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  
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