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- Celery - Tips for planting the delicate garden vegetables
- Which varieties does the celery offer?
- Which location should the celery take?
- How should the soil be?
- A good neighborhood
- How is the sowing done?
- When will the celery be planted in the bed?
- How is the celery planted?
- When does the harvest time begin?
- Tips & Tricks
Celery - Tips for planting the delicate garden vegetables
Juicy, low-calorie stems and a delicate spice make the celery a popular vegetable and aromatic seasoning for the kitchen. Its cultivation in the garden succeeds easily, if its requirements on location, soil, sowing, transplanting as well as season and growth are considered.
Which varieties does the celery offer?
"Tango" and "Improved Golden Riesling" are self-bleaching varieties. Other popular varieties are "Spartacus F1" and "Tall Utah".
Which location should the celery take?
Celery thrives best in the full sun. A sheltered place in the garden protects the sensitive plants from the cold.
A bucket also offers good growth conditions for celery. The bucket is also set up in a sunny spot.
How should the soil be?
As a starvation cook, the celery celery consumes many nutrients. If you do not have the ideal nutrient-rich soil, you can upgrade your normal garden soil by adding compost. Further fertilizer inputs occur during the growth of celery plants.
After planting the substrate is aerated by regular hoeing and weed-free. Especially in summer, sufficient moisture is required.
A good neighborhood
With lettuce, cabbage, radishes and cucumbers, the celery shares the place in the bed.
The company of fennel, turnips, potatoes and parsley, however, does not get the celery.
How is the sowing done?
Celery is not sown directly in the bed. If you do not want to buy plants, you can prefer the celery plants in the house without much effort. In small seed tanks the rearing starts in the house from the end of February.
When will the celery be planted in the bed?
The end of the sacred ice is generally a good time for planting cold-sensitive seedlings, which includes the celery.
How is the celery planted?
Immediately before planting, the soil is once again thoroughly chopped. The plants are carefully placed in the ground at a distance of about 30 cm.
Then the earth is pressed tight. If the young plants fall over, that is harmless. Young plants like very little water. As the plant grows, the need for water increases.
When does the harvest time begin?
The harvest of the first celery stalks starts in June. As needed, the bars are cut off gradually. The last bars should be harvested until October, since he can not stand frost.
Tips & Tricks
The celery is particularly tender by bleaching before harvesting. For non-self-bleaching varieties wrapped around the rods about 30 cm high in September or early October for three weeks with newspaper or wrapping paper. Without sunlight, the stems bleach out.