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- Harvested celeriac overwinters in the cellar
- The frost-free, dark winter quarters
- Alternatives to the cellar
- Prepare celery for storage
- Tips & Tricks
Harvested celeriac overwinters in the cellar
Fresh celery from our own garden - that goes without saying from June to December. After harvesting, the celeriac can be frozen or moved to a dark, frost-free cellar for overwintering. At low temperatures, it can be stored here for several months.
The frost-free, dark winter quarters
Ideal conditions for wintering are the celery in an old brick cellar with loamy soil. Here the temperatures are usually between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius and the humidity is high.
The tubers are stored in the rents or wooden stairs with wet sand. Basements with heating pipes or heating system are unsuitable because they are too warm and dry!
Alternatives to the cellar
If you do not have a cellar, you can store the celery in a ground rent in the garden or use an empty cold frame.
Prepare celery for storage
Tips & Tricks
For the ground rent, a pit about 30 cm deep is excavated, lined with wire mesh and filled with sand. To cover and close serves straw or a wooden board.