From northern California:

All the books say celery is hard to grow. I thought I'd take a flyer.

Nine weeks ago I planted four small plants from the nursery and they appear
to be doing fine. They have been well watered and fed. Each plant has about
twenty stalks 12-15 inches high. The diameter of each stalk is quite small
and is not terribly tender.

Are things on track? What should I be doing?

Thanks

David Levy wrote:

From northern California:

All the books say celery is hard to grow. I thought I'd take a flyer.

Nine weeks ago I planted four small plants from the nursery and they appear
to be doing fine. They have been well watered and fed. Each plant has about
twenty stalks 12-15 inches high. The diameter of each stalk is quite small
and is not terribly tender.

Are things on track? What should I be doing?


Sounds okay. This is my first summer with celery and I love it. It's
turning out to be one of the easier ones to grow. I planted them in May
and I'm cracking off a stalk a day to add to my salad. They're delicious.

..

Zone 5a in Canada's Far East.

cloud dreamer wrote:
David Levy wrote:

From northern California:

All the books say celery is hard to grow. I thought I'd take a flyer.

Nine weeks ago I planted four small plants from the nursery and they
appear to be doing fine. They have been well watered and fed. Each
plant has about twenty stalks 12-15 inches high. The diameter of each
stalk is quite small and is not terribly tender.

Are things on track? What should I be doing?



Sounds okay. This is my first summer with celery and I love it. It's
turning out to be one of the easier ones to grow. I planted them in May
and I'm cracking off a stalk a day to add to my salad. They're delicious.
.......

I grew celery for a few years. I gave it up. The stalks were tender and
good but .... BUT .... I kept the soil very wet to get that result and
it attracted slugs like crazy. Nearly all the stalks had their inner
surface all chewed up by the slugs. Kind of disgusting!

Steve

Steve wrote:

cloud dreamer wrote:

David Levy wrote:

From northern California:

All the books say celery is hard to grow. I thought I'd take a flyer.

Nine weeks ago I planted four small plants from the nursery and they
appear to be doing fine. They have been well watered and fed. Each
plant has about twenty stalks 12-15 inches high. The diameter of each
stalk is quite small and is not terribly tender.

Are things on track? What should I be doing?




Sounds okay. This is my first summer with celery and I love it. It's
turning out to be one of the easier ones to grow. I planted them in
May and I'm cracking off a stalk a day to add to my salad. They're
delicious.
.......


I grew celery for a few years. I gave it up. The stalks were tender and
good but .... BUT .... I kept the soil very wet to get that result and
it attracted slugs like crazy. Nearly all the stalks had their inner
surface all chewed up by the slugs. Kind of disgusting!


Funny...I was going to add above that the bugs weren't bothering the
celery. I'm growing them in 30L white containers (5 gallon I believe). I
have yet to find a slug in any of the containers except for a couple of
the cauliflower. I don't think they can make it up and over the side of
the container (there's a rim or two near the top). So, unless some of
the leaves of the plant hang down, the slugs don't touch the plants. It
explains why they got into the cauliflower, but not the celery, tomatoes
or potatoes in the same containers in the same area.

..

Zone 5a in Canada's Far East.

cloud dreamer wrote:
Steve wrote:

cloud dreamer wrote:

David Levy wrote:

From northern California:

All the books say celery is hard to grow. I thought I'd take a flyer.

Nine weeks ago I planted four small plants from the nursery and they
appear to be doing fine. They have been well watered and fed. Each
plant has about twenty stalks 12-15 inches high. The diameter of
each stalk is quite small and is not terribly tender.

Are things on track? What should I be doing?





Sounds okay. This is my first summer with celery and I love it. It's
turning out to be one of the easier ones to grow. I planted them in
May and I'm cracking off a stalk a day to add to my salad. They're
delicious.
.......



I grew celery for a few years. I gave it up. The stalks were tender
and good but .... BUT .... I kept the soil very wet to get that
result and it attracted slugs like crazy. Nearly all the stalks had
their inner surface all chewed up by the slugs. Kind of disgusting!



Funny...I was going to add above that the bugs weren't bothering the
celery. I'm growing them in 30L white containers (5 gallon I believe). I
have yet to find a slug in any of the containers except for a couple of
the cauliflower. I don't think they can make it up and over the side of
the container (there's a rim or two near the top). So, unless some of
the leaves of the plant hang down, the slugs don't touch the plants....
.....................................
...................

That a great idea for solving my problem with celery. I bet it would
grow just fine in plastic buckets. Probably wouldn't even need drainage
holes for celery. They could be placed where slugs wouldn't even try to go.

Steve

Steve wrote:

cloud dreamer wrote:

Funny...I was going to add above that the bugs weren't bothering the
celery. I'm growing them in 30L white containers (5 gallon I believe).
I have yet to find a slug in any of the containers except for a couple
of the cauliflower. I don't think they can make it up and over the
side of the container (there's a rim or two near the top). So, unless
some of the leaves of the plant hang down, the slugs don't touch the
plants....
.....................................
...................


That a great idea for solving my problem with celery. I bet it would
grow just fine in plastic buckets. Probably wouldn't even need drainage
holes for celery. They could be placed where slugs wouldn't even try to go.

Steve


It's working out so much better than I expected. I've been out on
several late evening slug hunts with the flashlight and couldn't find a
single one in or on those buckets. I did drill three drainage holes.
With the potting soil cut with peat, it held the moisture well.

..

Zone 5a in Canada's Far East