Root, petiole and leaf celery - benefits and differences. Leaf and petiole celery: cultivation according to all the rules How to distinguish seedlings of root celery from petiole

29.06.2023

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Three varieties are cultivated celery : root, petiole and leaf. U petiole and leaf celery the root is tap root with branches, and these species are grown mainly for greens.

In the first year celery forms a powerful rosette of leaves, on the second - flower stems and seeds. Seeds remain viable for three years.

Celery It has a strong aroma and a sweetish-bitterish spicy taste. All parts of the plant are eaten: seeds, roots, leaves and stems, which are juicier and more tender than, for example, parsley.

Celery roots and leaves contain potassium, magnesium, calcium, manganese, iron, zinc, phosphorus and sodium. As well as B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin), vitamin K, E, provitamin A and ascorbic acid. In addition to minerals, celery contains essential oil, apiin glycoside, choline, protein, carotene, etc. Apiol gives celery its characteristic taste.

Celery is especially useful for older people: it improves water-salt metabolism and has a positive effect on obesity and neuroses.

The plant has diuretic, mild laxative, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties. Raises the overall tone of the body, increases physical and mental performance.

Celery in the garden he is “friends” and provides assistance white cabbage, driving away cabbage from it, and cabbage, in turn, stimulates the growth of celery. Grows well next to tomatoes, all types of onions, lettuce, and cauliflower. Can be planted in beds after cucumbers and beans. It is not recommended to plant next to parsley, fennel, potatoes and corn.

Most common

celery varieties

Varieties of root celery (domestic varieties with good taste and keeping quality). Old varieties: Apple, Delicacy, Root Gribovsky. Of the new varieties, the State Register of Varieties recommends Albin, Diamant, Egor, Esaul, Kaskade, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Yudinka.

As well as imported varieties: Prague Giant, Snow Globe, Jupiter.

Varieties of petiole celery : Pascal, Utah, Golden Pen(foreign varieties). New domestic varieties: Gentle, Tango(used as leaf and petiole).

Leaf celery varieties (curly and ordinary): Vivacity, Zakhar, Kartuli (curly, Transcaucasia), Tender, Obninsky. Among the new varieties: Sail, Tango(petiole and leaf).

Agricultural technology for growing celery

Celery loves fertile soil and does not tolerate acidic soils.. Prefers loams. Photophilous. It grows best in a temperate and humid climate at a temperature of 15-22°. Celery is moisture-loving, but does not tolerate soaking; it cannot be planted in places close to groundwater. Petiole celery is especially demanding on growing conditions. Celery (especially root celery) requires deep plowing of the soil. The best predecessors are cabbage, cucumbers, potatoes.

(root) has a long growing season (140-200 days), it is best to grow it through seedlings in March - early April. Its seeds are very small, so experienced gardeners It is advised to pour a little snow on top into small peat pots filled with a nutrient mixture, compact it and place 3-5 celery seeds on top (the seeds will be visible on the snow), and then spread them over the surface with a pointed match. Then the pots are covered with glass on top and left until shoots appear. The first two months, seedlings grow very slowly; they are planted in the ground in mid-May, in the phase of 3-5 true leaves. The distance between plants is 30 cm. Feed in June: 1 tsp. superphosphate per 10 liters of water (instead of water, you can use weed infusion). Root crops need boron. Ash is also sprinkled between the rows. Celery does not tolerate fresh manure. It is useful to constantly mulch the rows with grass or peat - this both nourishes the celery and at the same time drowns out the weeds.

To get an even root crop, you need to carefully trim the small side roots with a sharp knife in July-August and expose (do not hill up!) the top of the root so that it rises slightly above the surface of the earth. During the summer, the marginal leaves of the leaf rosette are cut off, leaving no more than 4-5 pieces in the center. If with celery root If you constantly remove all the leaves, a large root will not form. For constant consumption of greens in the summer season, varieties of leaf celery are grown.

Petiole celery Hill up 2-3 weeks before harvesting to bleach the petioles and give them a more delicate taste. You can wrap celery rosettes with craft paper right up to the leaf blades, and this will also bleach the petioles well.

Celery is affected by septoria, powdery mildew, fomoz, white and gray rot of root crops, and bacteriosis.

Damaged by carrot fly, celery fly and carrot leaf flea beetle.

Chemicals against pests are not recommended.

Leaf celery it is harvested in July, during the period of maximum leaf growth, and it is pruned a second time in the fall, when it grows back. The raw materials are dried under a canopy in the shade and stored in a closed container.

Root celery clean up in October, and in the southern regions - in November. In the fall, before frost, celery is dug up with a pitchfork, the greens are trimmed and the root is dried in the sun. They are stored, like other root vegetables, in the cellar.

Petiole celery They are harvested before the onset of frost, and if there is a greenhouse, they are transplanted into it for growing.
The petioles and leaf blades of leaf and petiole celery are consumed fresh, boiled or stewed, and also dried for the winter to be used as a seasoning.

To prevent peeled celery roots from darkening, they should be dipped in acidified water (you need to add a little lemon juice there). Celery roots will taste better if you simmer them in own juice. The finer the celery roots are chopped, the more flavorful they are. Raw root vegetables are used in salads, they can be fried in breadcrumbs, like cauliflower.

Leaves, petioles and celery root are used for canning and pickling cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers and cabbage.

Ground celery seed is used in savory baked goods, various sauces, gravies, cheeses, and fish pates.

In many countries, celery is used as a component of dry mixtures. It is added to fatty goose and duck soups and tart game soups, and to mushrooms. Celery adds an exquisite aroma to dishes made from beans, eggplants, cabbage, carrots, potatoes and tomato sauces.

Video: Celery. Growing

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It is unlikely that anyone will dispute the usefulness of celery. This is the main product healthy eating, an inexhaustible storehouse of useful microelements and vitamins, a nutritious product and a complete replacement for greens on the table. In order to get a good healthy harvest in your garden, it is recommended to practice growing petiole celery seedlings from seeds.

There is simply no seedless method, since the long growing season - 3-5 months - excludes the possibility of sowing in open ground even in the south. How to grow petiole celery, how to properly sow, care for, pick and plant in beds - in our article.

Celery varieties

In our country, the cultivation of petiole celery has not yet reached a large-scale level. This is due to the complexity of the plant’s agricultural technology, the peculiarities of planting and care, and the bleaching of rhizomes for further consumption.

Difficulties arise even at the stage of selecting seeds. It’s not enough to just buy the first package you come across, but carefully choose among different varieties, sizes, ripening periods and even tastes.

Table for sowing petiole celery through seedlings:

Name	Growing season, days	Description of the variety
Name	Growing season, days	Non-self-bleaching
		Petioles of medium thickness, height 42-45 cm
		Short petioles up to 25 cm, thick fleshy
Male valor		Thick fleshy petioles up to 50 cm long. Very juicy
		Medium height (30-38 cm), resistant to short-term frosts
		Medium height, curved shape, stores well
		Self-bleaching
		Thin curved half-meter stems
		The earliest ripening variety with short but very tight petioles
		They are considered one of the most appetizing and fleshy species. The stem is tall, fleshy, tight, tolerates storage well

Non-self-cleaning varieties require certain bleaching procedures, otherwise the petioles will be very hard, fibrous and practically unsuitable for food. But at the same time, the bleached core is surprisingly tasty, moderately crispy, tender and very nutritious.

Self-cleaning varieties are more convenient to grow, but they store worse, are more susceptible to diseases, and should be eaten immediately as they are collected.

Features of seed germination

This deciduous crop is considered one of the most difficult to grow, which is due to the high concentration of essential oils in the seed. In agriculture in industrial scale they are etched with a solution of hydrochloric acid, and at home, to obtain stalked celery seedlings, the seeds are pre-soaked in hot water (up to 60°C) until the water cools down, then washed with warm water and dried until crumbly.
Dry grains should never be sown; this delays the emergence of seedlings by more than a month. Before sowing, they are washed, checked for germination (see below), wrapped in toilet paper, moistened generously, wrapped in a bag and sent to a warm place, preferably on a radiator, but away from sunlight or artificial light.

The seeds should be completely submerged in water, not slightly moistened.

You can use another, simpler way to grow stalked celery seedlings - pour sawdust into a jar, pour water over them heavily, cover with a piece of gauze on top and lay out the seeds. The sawdust should just get stuck in the water, then each seed will swell well. This container is also placed on a radiator or other warm place, but so that the sun's rays can reach the jar.

VIDEO: Preparing planting material for sowing

What should the soil be like?

It is advisable to use self-prepared soil, for which the following components are mixed:

peat - 3 parts;
turf soil - 3 parts;
humus - 1 part;
sand - 0.5 parts;
wood ash - 0.5 parts.

All this is mixed, calcined in the oven for an hour at a temperature of 180-200°C, stirring occasionally. You can douse it with boiling water or a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

Disinfection of the land is mandatory before planting seeds for growing seedlings.

After the soil has been disinfected, it is left for one and a half to two weeks to restore favorable microflora. This necessary condition further growth of seedlings.

If it is not possible to prepare the soil yourself, you can buy universal soil at any agricultural store, which no longer requires preparatory measures.

It is advisable to choose one that is designed for growing cabbage.

Sowing

Sowing seeds for stalked celery seedlings begins in the second ten days of February and ends in mid-March, depending on the growing season of each variety.

There are 2 basic ways to sow seeds:

in containers - a box, pots, cassettes, peat cups or tablets, etc.;
in a container with snow;
in diapers - in polyethylene or backing, rolled into a roll.

In container

Pour a 5-10 cm layer of soil into the prepared containers and lightly water it with water. Make small paths with a pencil and lay out the seeds at a distance of 2 cm from each other, 5 cm between the grooves. There is no need to deepen the grains, just sprinkle them with soil and spray them generously from a spray bottle again.

In a container with snow

Everything is done the same as in the first case, but a layer of snow is placed on top, and seeds are placed on it. As the snow melts, it will “carry” them along with it, simultaneously saturating them with moisture.

In diapers

A very convenient method in which the plant roots remain intact. With this organization, it is convenient to pick and transplant into beds or open ground.

For this you will need:

meter strips of substrate for laminate, 40 cm wide;
soil - prepared or purchased;
seed;
elastic bands;
deep plastic containers or buckets.

Work order:

Spread a base on the table and place a layer of earth 3-4 cm thick on it.
Lay out, retreating from the edge 3 cm, the first grain, make the first turn of the roll, lay out the second - second turn, etc. You should get a roll of soil with seeds.
Secure it on three sides with an elastic band so that the structure does not fall apart.
Install vertically in containers (do not confuse which is top and which is bottom).
Water is poured into the bottom of the container and sprayed on top with a spray bottle.

This method saves space, makes it easier to care for and allows you to move plants without the risk of injury to the root tendrils.

Caring for seedlings at home

Basic care consists of timely watering and lighting.

You need to water from a pan or by spraying. The second method is preferable.
When the first loops of sprouts appear (usually after 30 days), the seedlings are moved under phytolamps or daylight.
In the third week, the seedlings should be fed with liquid organic matter.
After the appearance of the 3rd full leaf, picking into separate cups is allowed.

2 weeks before transferring them to the beds or greenhouse, the seedlings are hardened by taking them outside first for half an hour, and increasing them by another quarter of an hour every day.
Before transplanting, water thoroughly and the next day you can begin the process itself.

Transfer to open beds

The recommended time for replanting grown petiole celery seedlings is the second ten days of May, when the soil has already completely warmed up. Using a hoe, make small furrows at a distance of 50 cm from each other, lay out the sprouts and sprinkle them with soil.

Be sure to water carefully so as not to wash out the roots, and mulch with hay, straw or mulch. The main thing is that the composition must retain moisture well.

A plant that does not receive enough water during the growing season is unsuitable for food.

In the future, the sprouts are cared for in the same way as other crops - timely watering, fertilizing with ready-made fertilizers, loosening and weeding.

Fertilizing is a prerequisite for the harmonious growth of petiole celery seedlings. The first fertilizer is applied 15 days after planting, the second - when there is an abundance of green mass, the third - 40 days later, when the root begins to develop.

Non-self-cleaning varieties are planted in deeper trenches, into which soil is constantly added while the crop is growing. At this time, the process of cleansing the roots occurs, resulting in an unusually juicy and tender core.

Be sure to pinch the lateral root shoots 2-4 times during the growth process. This will allow you to form a root crop and get a good harvest.

The soil should always be moist, for which purpose the soil must be mulched. You don’t need to rake it to water it; just pour water on top so that it penetrates into the root zone.

If frost is approaching, the seedlings must be covered with acrylic, spunbond or cellophane. In autumn, when the temperature drops to -5°C at night, bushes are also covered.

Harvesting and storage

The first harvest is in mid-August in an attempt to determine the level of maturity. There is no need to harvest the entire crop at once if we are talking about personal farming. Self-peeling varieties are eaten immediately, while unpeeled varieties can be stored for up to a month.

To freeze, you can peel root vegetables or chop leaves, rinse, dry and put in dry bags, then put everything in the freezer.

VIDEO: Growing root and petiole celery for seedlings

Root celery is still rarely found in our gardens. Growing and caring for them poses some difficulties. More than five months must pass from sowing to harvesting root celery, and this forces any gardener to tinker with it. Root celery is a rather difficult crop. When growing it, you need to know some subtleties and features. But celery has mass beneficial properties, it’s delicious, so I think it’s worth the effort.

Growing root celery in open ground, varieties

The technology for sowing, growing seedlings, and planting root and petiole celery in the ground is the same. Therefore, here we will talk about the root one, but know that the petiole one should be grown in the same way. There are some differences in care, but these will be discussed below. Leafy species can be sown immediately in open ground.

The first subtlety when growing celery is choosing the variety. Old varieties of root celery, such as Yablochny and Gribovsky, are still sold. They form not very large root crops, weighing no more than 200-350 g. In modern varieties, the root can reach a weight of 900 g. There is another drawback in old varieties - they produce a large lobe of branched roots. Peeling such a vegetable is not very convenient - there is a lot of waste. Try to purchase those varieties that produce even, good, large root crops.

The second feature is that this plant has a very extended growing season - from germination to ripening. For example, for mid-early varieties it is 160-180 days. In fact, this is more than 5 months of waiting for the harvest.

Whatever we talk about growing, the basis of the harvest is seeds. It is important which seeds to choose. Gardeners should pay attention to varieties such as Esaul, Edward, Maxim. These are excellent root varieties, store well and ripen easily.

Maxim (root) is a very early variety. In terms of ripening time, it is the same as Esaul, but it has a longer growth period. That is, it can potentially produce an even larger root crop than Esaul. Those gardeners who have not grown this crop before should pay attention to these root varieties. These are problem-free varieties.

Celery seedlings, how to grow

Sowing for seedlings - late January-early February (Krasnodar Territory), February-early March (middle zone).

You can’t grow root and petiole crops without seedlings - most likely it will be a bunch of greenery, but there will be no root crop itself. Leafy can be sown immediately in open ground. But preparing seeds for sowing is the same for everyone.

The seeds are first soaked in hot water at a temperature of 60°C. The seed shell contains many essential oils. Hot water needed to remove them, because it is essential oils do not allow seeds to germinate quickly.

Keep the seeds in hot water until they cool completely. Hot water does not dissolve essential oils; when heated, they rise to the surface. We wash the seeds with running water - this removes the oils. Pour the seeds onto a cloth and dry them slightly until they become free-flowing so that they stop sticking to each other.

Celery seeds germinate only in light. We sow the seeds on the surface of the soil without covering them with soil. Lightly press them with your palm to the surface of the earth. This is the main condition for growing celery. The soil layer in the nursery should be 7-10 cm high. There should be very good lighting. Cover the top of the nursery with film or glass.

Celery sprouts slowly, shoots appear in about twenty days. At first, you should use a sprayer when watering.

You can grow seedlings in peat tablets. After 3-4 leaves appear, you can dive - choose individual cups with a volume of 200-500 ml.

The choice of location for planting seedlings is very important for celery. It should be an absolutely bright place. Even slight shading reduces the weight of the tuber. The soil should be very loose, fertile, and moist. If you have clay soil, or, like mine, black soil - be sure to add sand, compost, and sawdust when planting. It will be difficult for the root head to expand its volume if the soil is dense.

Planting celery seedlings into the ground

Seedlings are planted in the ground according to a 40 × 40 cm pattern. Do not save space in the garden bed. This vegetable should have some room. Plants should not shade each other. I repeat once again - he loves light very much. Thickened plantings, when large spreading leaves shade each other, lead to the formation of small root crops.

Seedlings are transplanted into open ground when they reach a height of 8-10 cm. By this time, they already have 6-7 true leaves.

The most important condition when transplanting root celery: do not bury the root collar, the place where the leaves transition into the root. If you plant below the level at which it grew as seedlings, the root crops will grow small, with many lateral roots. This, of course, will greatly affect the quality of the harvest - you will only be able to use the leaves for food, there will be no root crops.

The photo above is indicative: pay attention to the distance between the seedlings - this is very important for the root seedlings - it should be spacious.

Experts advise planting celery in ridges. The root crop has a very rich root system. Remember what the root looks like after digging? That's right, shaggy. Planting in a ridge gives the fruit additional area for growth and helps reduce the “shaggyness” of the root.

Video - planting root celery seedlings in the ground in Holland (mechanized method for industrial cultivation):

Celery root - what care is needed in the garden?

Needs good, regular watering. Root varieties do not tolerate dry soil at all. On dry soil, the root crop loses its taste and aroma. It is advisable to mulch the beds to retain moisture. But when mulching, make sure that the root collar of the celery is not covered with mulch.

Very often there is a temptation to pick off young aromatic leaves, for example, for salad or soup - as we usually do with parsley leaves. It is advisable not to do this. And if you have already decided to feast on young leaves, then pull the plant out by the roots - it will no longer be of any use. Because the plant gains strength precisely from the leaves. You can pick the leaves only after the petioles become thick and thickening appears, i.e. a root crop began to form.

How to feed a celery bed? If you added compost and ash to the bottom of the holes when laying it, then you can do without fertilizing. But this vegetable grows for a long time, the growing season is very long, so it would not be amiss to feed it with complex fertilizer once a month. It should be taken into account that root vegetables remove calcium from the soil at the macronutrient level. Therefore, at the same time as complex fertilizers, you can add calcium fertilizers, for example, calcium nitrate, to the fertilizing.

Root celery is not spudded, only petiole celery is spudded. Instead of hilling, you can use paper to bleach the petioles. This is usually done two weeks before harvest. The stems should be pressed tightly against each other and wrapped in light-protective material (newspaper, sheet of paper). By the time of harvesting, the petioles become tender and white, and the bitterness disappears.

Petiole celery two weeks before harvesting

Another important technique is removing lateral roots. We carry out this operation only for root celery. We cut off the side roots directly in the ground, tracing the contour of the main root with a knife. This procedure is carried out twice per season. Dates: mid-summer. Old varieties usually require this treatment. Therefore, if you don’t want to bother, choose new varieties.

When the main shoot of the root celery begins to thicken, several outer leaves are torn off so that only the inner rosette remains. Leaves that should be plucked usually begin to bend toward the ground. Only those that grow vertically are left. This promotes root growth. Starting in mid-summer, yellowed old leaves are picked off.

Another agrotechnical technique for obtaining larger root crops: unhilling or raking away the soil from the root crops that have begun to form.

Unlike root celery, we get the harvest of leaf celery earlier. We use the leaves for food. The rosette of a leaf vegetable is more powerful than that of a root vegetable - the number of leaves ranges from 30 to 100. Varieties for cultivation - Zakhar, Senezh, Vanyusha. The variety of curly celery is called Oddball.

How to distinguish leaf celery from stalk celery? A leaf petiole will have a void inside, while a petiole leaf will have dense pulp without voids inside.

Take your time digging up the celery root. Because it is a short day plant. It turns out he has everything nutrients accumulate in the fall, when the weather is already cool at night. The harvest is harvested late - September-October. If they did not have time to remove before frost, a layer of straw and mown grass 15 cm thick is placed around the base of the stems to protect the rosettes from freezing. It is advisable that the mulch be dry.

Good neighbors for root celery are leeks and cabbage. In addition, it itself protects many plants from pests. It can even be planted next to flowers - it will drive away aphids, for example, from roses.

One of the storage methods is to dig up the celery, wrap the root crop in paper and place it in a box with damp sand, roots down. Store the box in the cellar.

oksi writes: Somehow my experiments were not crowned with success. The petiole withers, and the leaves on the root burn. What's happened? I water every other day.

Reply to oksi: The leaves are burning - it’s probably just a mite eating it. Have you noticed the cobwebs on the burning leaves?

hunter 1

I always sowed in the snow. You can clearly see where the seeds are. Then the snow melts and the seeds fall to the ground, then I cover it with film and spray it with dewdrops as needed and add soil through a strainer. The hardest part of the growing process for me is picking. A very, very delicate and thin plant, but it takes root well. In the summer I water through a drip tape and regularly pick off all the leaves that have fallen to the ground. In the fall, you get quite large celery, 1 kg or more.

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I sowed celery in liter juice boxes, in 2-3 rows. At first I poured it into separate cups. Then she stopped - she planted the seedlings directly into the ground. But my mistake was deepening it too much and not digging it out. I waited from the depths of Yablochny, Gribovsky, but never received anything. I was content with the leaves.

Ivanovochka

I planted the Egor variety, the seedlings were strong. It was poured into cups. It took root very quickly, but the root crop was small - I didn’t even dig it up and left before winter. Now I think that my mistake in growing it was this: I didn’t cut the roots and, apparently, didn’t rake the soil enough, I didn’t tear off the leaves at all.

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As soon as the growing point reaches 1.5-2 cm in diameter, loosen the soil around the celery (if it’s dry, water it in advance). Rake the soil away from the growing point so that it is outside. If there is a formed (even a slight hint of) root crop, remove all the roots in the upper part. I take an old canvas mitt and just wipe down the top of the root vegetable. Rake away all the soil from the root crop so that it is outside (only those roots that grow down should be left underground). If the ground begins to float after rain, the operation will have to be repeated. Remove ALL drooping leaves (angle of inclination less than 40°-45°) mercilessly. You need to remove it as follows - just pull it to the side (not up at all) and the petiole will calmly break off right at the root crop without leaving any “tails”. The leaves are great for multivitamin juices, salads (the leaf is a bit harsh, you need to cut it very finely) and more. For those who don't like the taste, it goes into compost or cosmetics. And one more tip - if there is no good watering, you won’t get a big root, a drop is very welcome (tested!). Petiole celery tolerates partial shade, but root celery does not.

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How to use celery for benefits

Celery can be leaf, petiole, or root. Among the leafy ones there are varieties with curly leaves. Leaf celery is often used in the preparation of soups, salads as a spicy herb or for decorating dishes. Delicious juices and mousses are often prepared from the petiole with the addition of other vegetables. Raw bark celery is delicious in salads, and cooked it tastes like potatoes. The roots make very tasty cream soups. It is also good to bake the root, cut into large pieces, with meat. Especially healthy is a salad made from grated root vegetables with apples, carrots, herbs, seasoned vegetable oil with lemon juice.

This root vegetable (or petiole, leaves) is a storehouse of unique nutrients for our body. It is valued not only for its rich composition useful substances, but also for its low calorie content. This allows it to be used as a dietary product. Freshly squeezed juice from it is useful. It is useful as one of the components of salads or soups, as well as stewed, boiled, baked. Regular inclusion of celery in your menu slows down the aging of the body, contains a lot of biologically active substances, vitamin C.

The beneficial properties of celery may be of interest to men. The root and stem contain phytoandrogens, substances that stimulate testosterone production in men. For greater effect, the root or stems should be eaten for at least 1-1.5 months every day.

If you are fasting, then especially eat celery. Due to its high content of amino acids and tyrosine, it is a good meat substitute. It will help you lose weight. Essential oils stimulate digestion and the production of enzymes by the pancreas. Improves the production of gastric juice, therefore food digestion is better and faster.

This vegetable is rich in calcium. One hundred grams of this plant is thousands of milligrams of calcium, that is, practically daily norm. This vegetable helps flush out salts, therefore cleanses the body.

Pay special attention to celery leaves: the beneficial properties of a decoction of them will help calm your nerves and even out your sleep.

Is there any harm? It is unlikely that this word can be used in relation to celery. Moderation is important in everything. People with stomach problems, acute pancreatitis or cholecystitis just need to be careful with this vegetable.

The root plant has practically no waste - they eat both the leaves and the fruit. This is an excellent flavorful addition to any dish.

Don't be afraid of the difficulties in growing and caring for root celery; they will pay off in the benefits that you will undoubtedly feel.

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Celery root - cultivation

This plant is rarely found in our gardens. Apparently this happens because the cultivation of root or petiole celery lasts more than five months (for leaf celery these periods are shorter), and this forces any gardener to tinker with it. But it has a lot of useful properties, so I think you can work hard. Be careful - it can be harmful to people with certain diseases.

Root or radicle - a very tender, tasty root vegetable. Boiled - resembles potatoes. It makes very tasty cream soups and salads. It is also good to bake the root, cut into large pieces, with meat. A salad of grated root vegetables with apples, carrots, herbs, seasoned with vegetable oil and lemon juice is especially useful.

Celery root - cultivation

Root is a rather difficult crop. There are many subtleties and features when growing it.

The first is the choice of variety. Old varieties of root celery, such as Yablochny and Gribovsky, are still sold. They form not very large root crops, weighing no more than 200-350 g. In modern varieties, the root can reach a weight of 900 g. There is another drawback in old varieties - they produce a large lobe of branched roots. Peeling such a vegetable is not very convenient - there is a lot of waste. Try to purchase those varieties that produce even, good, large root crops.

No matter what we talk about growing, the basis of the harvest is seeds. It is important which seeds to choose. Gardeners should pay attention to varieties such as Esaul, Edward, Maxim. These are excellent root varieties, store well and ripen easily.

Maxim (root) is a very early variety. In terms of ripening time, it is the same as Esaul, but it has a longer growth period. That is, it can potentially produce an even larger root crop than Esaul. Those gardeners who have not grown this root crop before should pay attention to these root varieties. These are problem-free varieties.

Celery seedlings, how to grow

Sowing for seedlings - late January-early February (Krasnodar Territory), February-early March (middle zone).

Root and petiole vegetables cannot be grown without seedlings - most likely it will be a bunch of greenery, but there will be no root crop itself. Leafy can be sown immediately in open ground. But preparing seeds for sowing is the same for everyone.

The seeds are first soaked in hot water at a temperature of 60°C. The seed shell contains many essential oils. Hot water is needed to remove them, since it is the essential oils that prevent the seeds from germinating quickly.

Keep the seeds in hot water until they cool completely. Hot water does not dissolve essential oils; when heated, they rise to the surface of the water. We wash the seeds with running water - this removes the oils. Pour the seeds onto a cloth and dry them slightly until they become free-flowing so that they stop sticking to each other.

Celery seeds germinate only in light. We sow the seeds on the surface of the soil, without covering them with soil, but lightly pressing them with the palm of our hand to the surface of the soil. This is the main condition for growing celery. The soil layer in the nursery should be 7-10 cm high. There should be very good lighting. Cover the top of the nursery with film or glass.

Celery sprouts slowly, shoots appear in about twenty days. At first, you should use a sprayer when watering.

You can grow seedlings in peat tablets. After 3-4 leaves appear, you can dive - choose individual cups with a volume of 200-500 ml.

Celery root seedlings

The choice of location for planting seedlings is very important for celery. It should be an absolutely bright place. Even slight shading reduces the weight of the tuber. The soil should be very loose, fertile, and moist. If you have clay soil, or, like me, black soil, be sure to add sand, compost, and sawdust when planting. It will be difficult for the root head to expand its volume if the soil is dense.

Planting celery seedlings into the ground

Seedlings are planted in the ground according to a 40 × 40 cm pattern. Do not save space in the garden bed. This vegetable should be spacious, the plants should not shade each other. I repeat once again - he loves light very much. Thickened plantings, when large spreading leaves shade each other, lead to the formation of small root crops.

Seedlings are transplanted into open ground when they reach a height of 8-10 cm. By this time, they already have 6-7 true leaves.

The most important condition when transplanting root celery is not to bury the root collar - the place where the leaves turn into the root. If you plant below the level at which it grew as seedlings, the root crops will grow small, with many lateral roots. This, of course, will greatly affect the quality of the harvest - you will only be able to use the leaves for food, there will be no root crops.

Celery root seedlings planted in ridges

The photo above is indicative: pay attention to the distance between the seedlings - this is very important for the root seedlings - it should be spacious.

Celery root - what care is needed in the garden?

Very often there is a temptation to pick off young fragrant leaves, for example, for salad or soup - as we usually do with parsley leaves. It is advisable not to do this. And if you have already decided to feast on young leaves, then uproot the plant - it will no longer be of any use. Because the plant gains strength precisely from the leaves. You can pick the leaves only after the petioles of the leaves become thick and a thickening appears - a root crop has begun to form.

How to feed celery root, celery bed? If you added compost and ash to the bottom of the holes when laying it, then you can do without fertilizing. But this vegetable grows for a long time, the growing season is very long, so it would not be amiss to feed it with complex fertilizer once a month. It is necessary to take into account that the root crop removes calcium from the soil at the level of macroelements, so at the same time as the complex fertilizer, you can add calcium fertilizers, for example, calcium nitrate.

Trimming the lateral roots of a root crop

When the base of the main shoot of root celery begins to thicken, several outer leaves are torn off so that only the inner rosette remains. Leaves that should be plucked usually begin to bend toward the ground. Only those that grow vertically are left. This promotes root growth. Starting in mid-summer, yellowed old leaves are picked off.

How to distinguish leaf celery from stalk celery? A leaf petiole will have a void inside, while a petiole leaf will have dense pulp without voids inside.

Take your time digging up the celery root. Because it is a short day plant. It turns out that all its nutrients accumulate in the fall, when the weather is already cool at night. The harvest is harvested late - September-October. If they did not have time to remove before frost, a layer of straw and mown grass 15 cm thick is placed around the base of the stems to protect the rosettes from freezing. It is advisable that the mulch be dry.

One of the storage methods is to dig up the celery, wrap the root crop in paper and place it in a box with damp sand, roots down. Store the box in the cellar.