Organic vegetable, fruit and herb gardening.: Celery

Hello people. Today I thought I would talk about the celery that I planted and the little success I had.

At first I planted the seeds in trays, but you are welcome to plant them directly. In general, I really have more success with seeds planted in trays first than planting them directly into the garden. They take long to germinate and a lot of water, but my duration of the germination might have been affected by my lack of watering. Nevertheless, as I started watering them regularly, they still came up. By the time they were about 7 weeks old I decided to transplant them. They didn't grow as big as I would buy them from the supermarket, but I just kept pruning the tops at about 7cm from the ground or just above the new heads, if I saw any. I find that they grow great in full sun, semi-shade or even full shade.The most important thing was watering as often as I could. Some days I would let 4 days pass before I watered again. What I liked about it was the fact that it grows fast enough to use in two meals per week. I suggest you can grow as much as you think you'll need per week.

After 7 months some of the plants started blooming, and I'm still hoping to see some seeds showing, but it's taking long. So I encourage you to try some celery, and you can check out this Germination Timetables from www.growgreatvegetables.com. I found most of my info(on growing greens) on various sites online and would go with what works better and more efficient for my own garden. I hope you guys get some great ideas out there and start your own. Stay awesome.