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splayed celery
hello,
i put in some celery a while ago (which has proved to be one of the easiest things i've ever grown - highly recommended!) however, i rather assumed celery grows up tall like they look in the shops g, but mine is all splayed out. does anyone know if i'm actually supposed to tie up the bunches while in the ground, or something? i've got a biggish crop in & they're already out of room (dh has been thinning them out & eating them, they're about 1/2 grown) so i'm not sure what to do next, or if it's all actually fine & i don't need to do anything. as usual ta for any tips!!! kylie |
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G'day Kylie
While I haven't grown celery for ages my old grandfather taught me many moons ago to plant the celery in a trench, then when it starts to grow, tie a full newspaper (or cardboard) around the plant with twine and backfill the trench. This makes the plant grow tall (to reach the light) and keeps the celery stalks bunched and light in colour. When the bunch is almost mature you can remove the newspaper and the outer stalks will green up in a day or so ready to pick. Unsupported as you've done is still Ok, but the plants won't bunch as you normally see them in the supermarket. Maybe other people have different ways of doing it but this worked for me. Bronwyn ;-) 0tterbot wrote: hello, i put in some celery a while ago (which has proved to be one of the easiest things i've ever grown - highly recommended!) however, i rather assumed celery grows up tall like they look in the shops g, but mine is all splayed out. does anyone know if i'm actually supposed to tie up the bunches while in the ground, or something? i've got a biggish crop in & they're already out of room (dh has been thinning them out & eating them, they're about 1/2 grown) so i'm not sure what to do next, or if it's all actually fine & i don't need to do anything. as usual ta for any tips!!! kylie |
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... G'day Kylie While I haven't grown celery for ages my old grandfather taught me many moons ago to plant the celery in a trench, then when it starts to grow, tie a full newspaper (or cardboard) around the plant with twine and backfill the trench. This makes the plant grow tall (to reach the light) and keeps the celery stalks bunched and light in colour. When the bunch is almost mature you can remove the newspaper and the outer stalks will green up in a day or so ready to pick. Unsupported as you've done is still Ok, but the plants won't bunch as you normally see them in the supermarket. Maybe other people have different ways of doing it but this worked for me. thanks bronwyn! i got so far as putting them in trenches (on the advice of some book or other) so i think i will wrap most of them & see how they go! (i don't want to wrap them all - as i said dh is getting into them so i wouldn't want to deny him anything g). what you have said sounds like the solution! thanks. kylie Bronwyn ;-) 0tterbot wrote: hello, i put in some celery a while ago (which has proved to be one of the easiest things i've ever grown - highly recommended!) however, i rather assumed celery grows up tall like they look in the shops g, but mine is all splayed out. does anyone know if i'm actually supposed to tie up the bunches while in the ground, or something? i've got a biggish crop in & they're already out of room (dh has been thinning them out & eating them, they're about 1/2 grown) so i'm not sure what to do next, or if it's all actually fine & i don't need to do anything. as usual ta for any tips!!! kylie |
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"0tterbot" writes:
i put in some celery a while ago (which has proved to be one of the easiest things i've ever grown - highly recommended!) however, i rather assumed celery grows up tall like they look in the shops g, but mine is all splayed out. Congratulations, celery is fun to grow. There is no need to try and get it like the stuff you see in the shops. Feed it well and give it plenty of water and you can just keep picking off a few sticks every day while it's young and tender and still small and you will have fresh celery for a whole year off those plants. The young really green stalks have a lot more flavour than the bland stuff from the supermarket. Keep breaking the older stalks off so that new ones keep appearing. Nurse them through winter and they'll be good for another year! New plants ('pups') will appear on the side and you can break these off when they reach advanced seedling size and have developed a good root system and plant them instead of buying new seedlings from the store. You need never buy another celery seedling again! I'd say celery is 4th on the list of most satisfying food plants to grow, next only to tomatoes, spuds, and zucchini. so i'm not sure what to do next, or if it's all actually fine & i don't need to do anything. Just do nothing more and enjoy it, particularly in winter stews and as a steamed green with white sauce. Have you tried eating the young leaves, too? If not too strongly flavoured for your liking, cut them up as a salad green. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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