What is celery? Landing and care

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

What is celery, probably many summer residents would like to know. Growing this he althy culture has recently become very fashionable. To obtain root crops or greens, it is grown for one season. The seeds of this crop can only be harvested in the second year of cultivation.

General Description

So what is celery and what does it look like? To the family, this plant belongs to the same as the carrot, but outwardly it is completely different from this culture. Celery bushes grow quite lush and not too tall. In the garden, this culture at first is quite easy to confuse with parsley. Her leaves are the same smoothly cut.

The taste of celery is specific. Some people really like it. Others think that the juice of the leaves of this crop has a "buggy" flavor. Boiled celery tubers, unlike leaves, are liked by almost all people. They taste like potatoes.

Why has it become fashionable lately to grow a crop like celery? Reviews of gardeners this plant deservesgood, first of all, for their unpretentiousness. Growing celery is easy. However, eating it is actually very beneficial for he alth. The roots, petioles and leaves of this culture contain just a huge amount of vitamins and minerals. Also in the tissues of celery there are substances of youth - antioxidants.

Choice variety

What is celery is thus clear. In fact, this is a spicy culture, which can be successfully grown, including in Russia. But in any case, in order to get a good harvest of celery, you must, of course, choose the right variety. It is believed that for the middle zone of Russia are best suited:

• celery Root Gribovsky;
• Golden Feather;
• sort Anita;
• Apple.

In the Urals and Siberia, varieties such as Pascal, Malachite and Utah are often grown. Also, Esaul, Russian size and Yegor are great for these regions with a harsh climate.

On sale today there are both leaf and petiole or root varieties of celery. They are grown according to approximately the same technology. The choice of a particular variety in this case depends, of course, on the personal preferences of the owners of the suburban area.

How to properly prepare planting material

In order to get friendly inputs in the future, celery seeds must first be thoroughly washed. This procedure is usually performed as follows:

• pour into a mug of warm water (about 60 °C);
• pouring celery seeds into it;
• stir them with a spoon;
• leave the seeds in the water until the latter cools.

After this procedure, all essential oils will come out of the seeds, which can significantly delay their germination. At the final stage, the planting material should be thoroughly rinsed with cool water. Next, the seeds are scattered on fabrics and wait for them to dry.

Planting in boxes

Most often this crop is grown in seedlings. Sowing celery in boxes is usually done in late February - early March. The air temperature in the room where this crop will be grown should not be less than 24-25 ° C. Actually, the sowing of seeds in boxes is carried out in a superficial way. It is not necessary to sprinkle celery planting material with earth. Seeds should germinate outdoors and in the light. Boxes for seedlings at the first stage can be taken low. In the future, celery will still have to dive. The soil for this crop is best used purchased, intended for seedlings of tomatoes.

In the event that the planting material was well washed, it will begin to germinate in a week. In order for the plants not to stretch out, at first it is desirable to reduce the air temperature in the room to 15 ° C. Picking celery into separate pots is carried out immediately after the appearance of the first three true leaves. In tuberous varieties, when performing this procedure, about a third of the root is usually pinched off. In the future, this will allow you to get a cropearlier.

When to transfer to open ground

Sufficiently strong and he althy seedlings can be grown according to the technology described above. Celery root, petiole or leaf, however, you also need to properly transfer to the ground.

Culture is relatively cold-resistant. Therefore, it is possible to transfer seedlings to the garden already in early to mid-May. But by this time, the air temperature outside should no longer fall below 10 ° C during the day. If the celery planting is done earlier, instead of building up lush greenery, it can subsequently stretch out and start flower stalks. Before taking seedlings to the country, it is also worth holding them on the balcony for several days to adapt.

What should be the soil in the garden

In order to get a good harvest of celery, when growing it, of course, it is necessary to observe agricultural practices. It is highly not recommended, for example, to plant this crop in the place where carrots, dill or parsley used to grow. The ideal predecessors for celery are tomatoes, cabbage, potatoes or cucumbers.

It is advisable to dig up the soil in the garden bed chosen for this crop since autumn. In order for the plants to develop well in the future, it is necessary to add a little humus and superphosphate to the ground (25 g per 1 m 2 2).

Plant seedlings of celery in the holes. A little clay and mullein are first placed in each of them. This allows you to protect the plants from too rapid moisture loss after watering. Like seedlings of any other crop, celery shouldtransfer to beds early in the morning or in the evening, preferably on a cloudy day.

Planting on beds: technology

Celery should not be thickened too much in any case. Between the grown bushes in the future there should be good ventilation. If it is not there, a mite or aphid will definitely start in the garden with plants. Most often, celery bushes are planted at a distance of about 10 cm from each other. At the same time, about 30-40 cm are left between the rows. Also, some gardeners place celery according to the 20 x 20 cm pattern.

The holes should be dug so deep that the root system of the plants fits in them completely and at the same time there is still a margin of about 3 cm.

It often happens that as the growth of celery "crumbles" on the sides. That is, its leaves lie on the ground. To prevent this from happening, the bushes should be wrapped with foil immediately after planting. In this case, they will begin to grow straight up and eventually become lush and strong.

Celery: plant care

Growing this crop, like any other, involves, first of all, the following operations:

• regular weeding;
• periodic watering;
• top dressing;
• loosening.

Celery is watered daily at the rate of at least 5 liters of water per 1 m22 planting.

How to properly feed

Root celery during the summer should be fertilized at least once with a potash composition. For petiole and leafy varieties, it is additionally necessary to use nitrogen fertilizing. This culture responds very well, for example, to nitrophoska. You can feed celery and diluted in a ratio of 1 x 20 infusion of chicken manure. Fertilize the garden should be about two weeks after planting. If desired, you can feed the plants with the same composition one more time in three weeks.

Root celery should be loosened after each watering. On a bed with a petiole or leaf, this procedure can be done less frequently.

Whitening

Stalked celery is a tasty and he althy culture. However, it has one small drawback. Its leaves and petioles contain a little bitterness. Therefore, before harvesting such celery must be bleached. To do this, bushes a few weeks before cutting greenery should begin to spud. The result of this procedure will be that the celery stalks will turn white after a while and lose their bitterness.

Harvesting

Both root and petiole celery ripen around mid-autumn. The crop of the first variety is harvested as follows:

• cut greens;
• dig up tubers;
• wrap tubers in foil or put in a sawdust box;
• carry boxes to the cellar.

Celery root greens can be dried anduse as a seasoning for soups or second courses in winter. The petiole varieties of this crop are usually dug up along with the roots, and, without removing the wrapping, are also transferred to the basement or stored on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

Instead of a conclusion

So we figured out what celery is. This culture, as you can see, is relatively undemanding. Caring for it is as simple as for other garden plants - tomatoes, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, etc. Therefore, for those gardeners who like the taste of celery, planting it somewhere in a corner on their site is definitely worth it. This crop will take a little time to care for in the summer, but the benefits of eating it can be simply colossal.