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Hows your Celery....

Discussion in 'Edible Gardening' started by Lolimac, Oct 12, 2012.

  1. Lolimac

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    Anyone had any good results with their celery this year?
    I grew some for the first time...self blanching golden...but they are just spindley sticks...think it's time for them to go:frown:
     
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    I've stopped growing them. I never managed to grow them very well, and very few got eaten ... so decided that, for me, it wasn't worth it. May try again when I have more time and can try to do a better job.

    My Celeriac look pathetic this year - not had a problem with them before, so I guess its lack of sun.
     
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    Mine are still only 4-6 inches tall. Its my first time growing them so I shall just leave them for now and see what happens. Its been a poor year all round really so in a good year they may have done well. They have certainly had the ton of moisture that they require on good soil. Mine where self blanching too and came as seedlings from Aldi.

    Steve...:)
     
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    Mine are still only 4-6 inches tall. Its my first time growing them so I shall just leave them for now and see what happens. Its been a poor year all round really so in a good year they may have done well. They have certainly had the ton of moisture that they require on good soil. Mine where self blanching too and came as seedlings from Aldi.

    Steve...:)
     
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    The self blanching celery grow better if they're grown in a block and a short windbreak placed around them. I ran up something on the sewing machine using about 4m of Mypex black woven polythene mulch sheet, seaming the edge where I'd reduced the width (to 500mm) and joining the ends together so I can stretch it out into a square or rectangle with a stake driven into the ground at each corner and it can be re-used year after year.

    If you can protect a few plants over winter you'll get loads of seeds to save from them the following year.

    EDIT: The area inside the perimeter barrier can be covered with Mypex mulch sheet and the plants planted through X shaped holes cut in it.
     
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      Didn't know that. I'll try that next time, although I'm not inclined to bother again until I definitely will have more time in the veg patch ... too many projects on the go over the last year or two, and the next couple, to be sure of giving the vegetables due attention, so have decided to just let them do what they can, and revert to only growing crops that take little effort and turn out reliably, and not spend time on experiments and things that haven't been easier / used in the kitchen ("busy with other projects" involves the kitchen crew too!)
       
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      Must give that a try Scrungee, many thanks. Where mine is planted is fairly open, in fact the whole plots is fairly open. One plot holder grew some great crops this year by surrounding beds with peas, creating a micro climate in the process no doubt!

      Steve...:)
       
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      Just dug a trench all around my veg patch to plant a hedge this winter. Seems daft not to, to create some shelter, don't know why I didn't do it before. I suppose, in my heart of hearts, I would have wanted a walled garden ... but 150M or 200M of 8 foot wall is completely out of the question :( ... although ... might look for one on eBay - how hard can it be to take one down and put it back up again? :heehee:
       
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        Easy peasy Kristen..especially round here where they dont use mortar in them...

        Steve...:)
         
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          Well .. round here: I've got the clay for the bricks !!
           
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