How to Grow Celery - Complete Growing Guide

[@xxkillshot5xx]

is Luke perfect? no. Does he always offer the "#1 best advice"? No. I have seen plenty of videos where he doesn't know certain things that the commenters know, or he titles the video wrong, etc etc. However, he is an amazing gardener and has a lot of knowledge to give, and is giving it away for free. Thanks Luke. You've made me a better gardener.

[@davidgrigg2]

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[@robertsanders339]

No one is perfect

[@dawnlilagrace2024]

JESUS is. ❤

[@DebRoo11]

He does get A for effort but I agree, not always the correct advice.

[@voss_homestead.oh.chapter]

I came here for the blanching process. I wasn't sure exactly how to go about it. Once again: I drank coffee in my living room, watched one of your videos and learned!! Comfy and free! THANK YOU!

[@jamespogorelc749]

the guy under the trampoline playing fetch made my day. great tips, thanks!

[@michaelrich5501]

Love your videos m8. So I just showed my mum this video because I’m going to try and grow celery for her in the UK. I said before I hit play, he will tell you about soil, watering, spacing and great tips. You did not disappoint. My mum was oh he’s a lovey man lol

[@tiffanybecker1591]

I asked my husband to get some cilantro for our herb bed and he came back with celery so here I am, haha. Thanks for the tips!!

[@SassyMissBassi]

lol..... to be fair if you don't know what your looking at the leaves are very similar. I once bought a plant that was labeled as butternut squash that turned out to be pumpkins... all mistakes but all turned out to be fun mistakes we can laugh about later hahahaha

[@DebRoo11]

Maybe he did on purpose because he doesn't like cilantro 😂

[@judimus2324]

Blanch with newspaper rather than soil. Using soil gets sand and grit down into the celery which is hard to remove. Just wrap the celery stalks with newspaper and then tie with string.

[@davidpark8561]

maybe on mars lol we use water to wash on earth

[@nancywebb6549]

Thanks!

[@billedmonds1381]

I just took a couple toilet paper cores and cut down the length, then just a simple matter of opening like a clam shell and placing over the celery. Curious to see how it works.

[@dcwatashi]

@@billedmonds1381 so how did it work?

[@billedmonds1381]

@@dcwatashi Still watching as the celery is young yet, but seems to be good idea. Did see bunch of ants at base of celery once, so, maybe not. wait and see.

[@AcornHillHomestead]

I have grown celery from seed this year. The plants are as good as those at a nursery. This year I used the Park Seed trays and “sponges”. I am using a full spectrum light set up too. Absolute game changer. It is so amazing the difference from the cheap planting trays at big box stores. Ill be using your great tips for sure! 😁

[@This_Holy_Chaos]

Thanks for explaining the blanching! I had a feeling I saw something about celery needing increased mounds while it grows, like potatoes, but didn’t know what it was called. Appreciate it!

[@mooshamarie8791]

Up here, we put the 2 L milk cartons around the plant once it gets bigger. We cut off the top of the carton and bottom off, so the carton can be placed over the celery plant with the tops sticking up out the top, and then it grows beautiful big tops and huge stalks that are protected from the sun by the milk carton, and when you harvest them, you have to pull them out of the carton or just cut the carton off it and it always fills the carton with its stalks. It get HUGE inside there. Wild celery grows in boggy areas, and we have found if you want your celery to not be woody, they need more water than suggested here. Not boggy, but they are very thirsty vegetables, and if they don't get enough the stalks will be woody, tough, and sinewy.

[@dirtnoroads]

Totally agree. I've used milk cartons & I've also used corrugated cardboard which I got at UHaul years ago when I moved. I also use the cardboard when I blanch my leeks. I also agree that celery is a swamp plant & hates drying out. It causes it to be bitter & bolt. I use a 5/8" soaker hose on a timer. I water 3 times a week (depending on our rainfall) but I try to make sure the plants get 2" of water a week. Usually with the soaker hose that's about 3-3.5 hrs per week. The other thing I've learned about celery is that it loves nitrogen & with damp soil in my raised celery planter, the slugs seemed to like to visit. I found out coffee grounds are high in nitrogen BUT slugs hate coffee grounds. So once a week I go out & scatter my grounds between the rows. Makes the celery plants happy but I have had almost no issues with slugs since.

[@michelegentile9778]

Thank you for this celery growing guide, Luke. A lot of things have come clear for me today, regarding why I've not been able to succeed with celery.

[@MIgardener]

Michele Gentile Glad I was able to clear some things up for you!

[@AnneGoggansQHHT]

I’ve grown VERY successful celery using your tips. I’ve had experienced gardeners come into my garden in awe of my yield. I can’t get celery starts in KY, so I start indoors from seed. I grow baby starts in plastic cups. I grew in raised beds with much success. It can be done from seed gardeners. Full spectrum fertilizer, daily water, good compost. No bugs bother them here. Water and mulch water and mulch water and mulch. I never had to blanch my celery. I grew tango. I mulch with the fine wood chips that no one else wants. Only $7 a scoop at my natural products center.

[@lindakean7392]

Would my masterblend trio of fertilizer work on celery? It’s what I use for tomato’s. Thx!

[@dirtnoroads]

@@lindakean7392 Celery needs a dose of nitrogen. One of the easiest things to use is actually coffee grounds.

[@AnneGoggansQHHT]

@@dirtnoroads yes, but they can affect ph

[@AnneGoggansQHHT]

@@lindakean7392 I would think so. I just use my regular fertilizer

[@husher5142]

@1:05 ... lol me yesterday thinning out 20 plants from 1 cell haha Thank god, some other gardener showed a good video how to do it by submerging them in water. Shake shake shake and very gentle, and lots of patience

[@ginawaremunger5010]

Thank you so much! My first year with celery and I’m clueless! This was so helpful!

[@cherylwells7744]

I know this is an older video, this was awesome. I am trying celery this growing season in zone 6b. I am so excited and was clueless how to begin.....thank you

[@alauram.6416]

This is my first year attempting to grow celery and I am pretty excited but nervous because of the cold nights we have been having but hopefully covering them up will be good enough😊. The only other problem is keeping the chickens from eating it😂

[@ZombieMan1997]

I grew my celery fro the stalks that I bought from the grocery store. It is doing well. I am growing it in a container. I'm gonna replant it in a bigger container. Thank you for this information. :)

[@teenagers012]

What’s the yield like doing it that way?

[@teenagers012]

Tel Co or that way? Lol

[@AnneGoggansQHHT]

Luke you are great, a wonderful person, gardener, parent, etc. I promise you can start your own celery starts. Just don’t put it under the light after you separate until they recover.

[@karenrenee9293]

I've watched several celery videos, but none as thorough, concise & short...thanks! Karen

[@coldwhitespring5004]

Actually I sowed them myself the very first time I grew them, and had great success for the level I was at! Now I've bought starters as I had no time to sow, and I plan to really get them large and juicy this time, so I'm soaking up all your tips!

[@paulnipper4071]

I started celery cold turkey from plants in growing bags. Used ollas to water. Blanched with cardboard. The plants are gorgeous. Need to learn how to harvest them.

[@evanhickam]

I can’t wait to try this. Celery is one of the hardest things for me to keep in the house and I like to eat a lot of it so I’m hoping I can supplement my grocery store supplies with some home grown. I live in Miami, FL though so I dunno if the climate will present a challenge.

[@rebelstudio2493]

I have 5 celery plants in 5 3 1/2 gallon buckets I bought last year. They are doing great. One went to seed.

[@jbigmamma3192]

You garden like me, I don't use a shovel or gloves. Great tips. We just bought celery this year and it's doing extremely well thanks for our neighbor's cow compost. That stuff is like gold to me. Everything grows we actually look like we know what we are doing for the first time ever.

[@gapey]

Wow I actually did something right. This is my first year growing celery and planted it in one of my new garden beds which I filled with pure compost that I got from neighborhood farms because I didn't want to pay for soil to fill the huge bed. I do know I planted them too close together though so I should probably pull at least every other one. Who really needs 30 celery plants? I planted them from seed and they grew just fine. When I transplanted them they were about as root bound as anything I've ever seen which is what yours looked like too so I guess that is normal for celery to do that.

[@dkulikowski]

Gapeys Grub I grew my celery from seed also. One set of plants in a bog area that stays moist. The other set of plants I planted in a raised bed that has very loose soil, I used the LASAGNA METHOD of soil amending. I heard that you should not let celery soil dry out...evenly moist. Luke is right, give the celery room to grow.

[@gapey]

LARK'S GARDENS I just pulled out 16 of my celeries. Still 15 left. That's still probably too many lol.

[@dkulikowski]

I freeze my celery in cut up pieces. Get for soups, stews, chili etc.

[@MIgardener]

LARK'S GARDENS moist is definitely crucial, it keeps the stalks from getting bitter and stringy.

[@estherkhan9593]

This was very helpful because I'm a first time planter.

[@beccajames3210]

This is my first year growing celery, i have one plant that looks amazing, other two are little thin, the stalks are thin that is, i am going to go out and start blanching them now. Thank you!

[@makingiteasywithliz]

This is awesome. I love growing celery but restricted it to cooking because it was so bitter and sharp tasting. I followed this immediately after seeing it and it works! Love your channel. I live in Nova Scotia so we may have a similar growing season.

[@MauiS58]

This is my first time to grow celery. How you I know when its time to harvest? Thank you

[@lindahorton9036]

I'm making my first attempt at celery this year (I'm in middle TN). I'm going to try growing it in a big pot on the patio so I can move it around to follow the sun. I haven't been able to find "starts" so I'm just going to have to try this from seed. But thanks for the tip on blanching! That was great information!

[@jobaker7855]

As always, a simple clear and excellent guide! Cheers x

[@BaughbeSauce]

Ooooohhhhhhhh that's why my celery was kinda tough. Some of it was great but i think that's partly because of the wild, rogue tomato plants that just volunteered all over the garden and took over the planet. I had to dig to find my celery plants. Some were great, some were kinda woody. This year, no more crazy tomato patch. The garden was kind of abandoned last year. Lol.

[@janamiles597]

I grow my celery In a mix with peatmoss, worm castings, perlite, lime, Epson salt ( small amount). Used cuttings I rooted from Organic celery. I got alot of celery, the stocks were thinner than what you see In the grocery store, but good nonetheless.

[@robertchaffee5662]

The Gardeners these day's only think that everyone grows in their time zone and climate. I'm watching you from Central Florida zone 10, also it's 40 at night and 70-80 degrees during the day. June-August is our dormant season because of rain everyday, high humidity and cloud covered skies. We grow the rest of the year with different hours of sunlight and crops.

[@zyamshirwani5175]

This video really helped me grow my own celery right in my backyard. Keep up the good work!

[@huey_444]

Thank you!!! Everything I needed to know in one video. Clear and detailed. I'm ready to get started now!!! Thanks again!!

[@MIgardener]

rock on and grow big!

[@ashleyfeinberg2988]

Just started pink chinese celery seeds indoors, but I'll be sure to thin them out to a single plant per pod! Thanks for the helpful tips.

[@melissaperry4955]

Thanks for a great video. I'm so distracted by the guy crawling under the trampoline with the dog. haha

[@MIgardener]

+Melissa Perry hahaha that is my dad. He loves that dog.

[@armyguy9735]

Can you mulch instead mounding soil?

[@KH-to7pr]

Melissa Perry me too 😂😂 I skipped back because I though I was seeing things

[@honeynshea]

me too ! LOLOL

[@carolecoffman4276]

Just bought celery for the first time.. Had no idea what soil or fertilizer.. Thanks!!

[@judybrown1933]

Thanks for this! I'm growing celery for the first time and wondered why people recommended using cardboard milk cartons after blanching for celery. Now I know. Thanks!

[@riyabheda9340]

Hi i am from India, this is the first time i saw your video it was informational. I would like to see a video on how to grow lettuce without seeds

[@Tootnscoot]

So i just got Organo Reublic 55 variety garden. Its pretty much exactly everything i need for a full year of planting. Could yall put together a package like that in your store?

[@traceydysert6096]

I grew celery one year from a local greenhouse. The directions told me to plant in partial shade. Then an older family member told me to wrap it with newspaper and band it, once it was big enough. Would you try this method and why not?

[@billgavinmusic7182]

My single celery plant got huge flowered went to seed and now I’ve got baby celery plants all over the garden here in October. Will they make it through the winter?

[@punkydoggear8172]

Thank you! I'm growing it indoors and needed some help!

[@erikveldman7637]

Straight to the point. I love it.

[@rik80280]

We prefer our celery to be green. I always look for the celery at the store that's the greenest.

[@momkraft]

I do too, but my grown celery was too tough to chew, bitter and moldy. I hope these tips work next time. :)

[@barbarahoffman3368]

I’ve planted the ends from celery I purchased at the grocery store. (Miraculously, they’ve sprouted! Other than applying the “Trifecta,” what additional tips do you have?

[@5446Ron]

It would be nice if you covered when to plant, how long it takes, when to harvest. Mine didn't make stalks, it just turned into a bush.

[@lisahelterbrand1210]

I have never grown celery before. My cousin always grows it and he cuts PVC pipe in foot long pieces and the diameter I am not sure of but if you imagine buying celery from a store thats about the diameter. After the celery starts coming up or if you buy it as plants he places the PVC pipe over it and lets it grow up through it and they are always beautiful plants. Its just a suggestion to see if it works for you.

[@KavitaParmanand]

I grow mine in shade and they grow just fine

[@sandimorreale3685]

Totally rewatching this. I've regrown scrap celery and hope this time it will work

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Great tips. A little root bound with those. 2 plants can be separated, if divided at a younger age.

[@DoctorMangler]

I know this is an older video but.... First thanks for all the great videos, my leeks are doing so well this year because of you. I can't wait to try your propagation method next year. Celery... I just got back from the store and they wanted 4 bucks for a bunch of celery and I said no. It's definitely time to try growing celery, my soil should be set to go, full sun won't be a problem but I'll have to watch Ph. Thanks for this video, at 4 bucks a bunch it's definitely going to be worth growing celery.

[@BeeryByTheBay]

Instead of snipping off the extra plant, can you cut the roots in half? Or will this weaken the plants too much? I usually look for double plants in a container at garden shops then pull them apart. Hello from Traverse City! 🍒😄

[@marthakratz7877]

That's what I thought too - maybe soaking them in water would make it easy to gently tease them apart.

[@dirtnoroads]

There's no reason that you can't cut the root mass apart with a VERY sharp knife. You also shouldn't handle the seedlings by the plant stems, only by the leaves or the root mass. Don't pull them apart.

[@mairagomezvega2465]

Your dad playing with the puppy! 😄😍

[@susanwinslow9361]

Thanks so much ,I did grow some celery from seed for the first time this year but it is still inside

[@pattyfitz317]

My celery came back this year. Any tips for a second growing season ?

[@cherylnorise57]

Thank you for this. I did it all wrong this year. But next year I will know what to do.

[@RJack1915]

Oh my I planted seeds of celery a few days ago in grow tray. It is a non blanch type. I got the seeds for free. I also read they need 2 inches of water a week. They do have wimpy roots.

[@azdesertsmurf788]

Blanching helps (which is what I was trying to find help on) but growing in AZ is different and the watering guides don't work; make sure to adjust for your area.

[@RADARTechie]

First year trying celery, and glad I watched this. I woulda let them grow tall and not blanched them.

[@mattjones2154]

Great how-to! How much water does celery need? I heard it needs a lot of water. Thanks!

[@skatingcanuck9837]

Please make a video on growing fennel from seed in grow bags.

[@jeffcraig5462]

Do you only mound the soil one time for blanching? Do large plants need to be tied?

[@lianakarapetyan2500]

What time a year need to plant celery, and how long it takes to grow.

[@shruthitapse]

great Video!!! Would like to see growing guides for BASIL, THYME AND SIMILAR HERBS. :)

[@MichelleDelRey]

Thank you so much for making this video. You did an excellent job explaining the process. I'm going to try this :)

[@GoldGold-cw5pc]

Thank you for your videos, I have one question, I grow salary from cutting the end of actual salary in a bowl and they started giving green leaves but i don't see any roots, how can I transfer them to soil before they get rotten. Tx

[@lindamhargett9479]

Do I need to harden off celery before planting in garden? I have it in 2 x 4 foot trays in gh . I only want to move them once if possible. I can cover with frost covering if needed. Thank you Linda

[@deborahwoods2361]

Thank you! Also, could you do a video on growing Parsnip and Swede? Thanks again.

[@michaelrich5501]

Deborah Woods I’m about to grow parsnips for the first time also. This guy is great, he looks so young but so wise. Good luck with your growing

[@brendaconochie5352]

Thanks Mr Migardener - sorry I don't know your name. I'm now going out to the garden to mound up my celery to blanch it. Brenda, Western Australia

[@JJourney1]

We tried re-growing from a store-bought stalk but my husband left it sitting in too much water and the base rotted out. It was looking so nice! But I wondered about it being so dark green, good to know about the mounding up of soil. I would think that the stalks would be prone to rotting being under the soil.

[@MIgardener]

JudkinsJourney Ahhh that trick is an oldie. I prefer to grow mine from seed since I like to know 100% what is going in my body. But for the sake of a money saving trick as well as a fun DIY home project, it can't be beat.

[@kathrynwarner3497]

They will grow roots for about 3 weeks! Once starts to rot, plant in dirt! By then you will have roots! I cut the bottom of the base off very slightly to help it start fresh to grow the roots!

[@vanessafrancois-thomas450]

Very helpful. Thanks for the blanching tip 😊. Now I can start planting my celery 👍

[@Jedidragoon]

I started celery from seed this year in a small rectangle propagator. I ended up pricking out 60 plants, but there was only one seed per seed cell 😀

[@jenmv3483]

What is the best thing to spray on celery to keep bugs off?

[@khloekardasianjr7190]

My mom is trying to grow celery and, I’m the one who tells how to do it. I am confused kinda of what he said, because I’m in 3rd grade, and sometimes, I get distracted. Hopefully the dogs don’t eat it, my mom would be sad mad. 😂 wish me luck! Ima start growing!! 😁

[@from.Faraway]

Great channel !!! I love to watch it :) Greetings from Poland

[@MIgardener]

Paweł K WOW! Poland?!?! I am amazed at the amount of faces from other countries. Glad to hear you are enjoying the episodes!

[@kathyjagodnik518]

Luke, thank you. I grow mine amongst my flowers, they are very green leaves. They look very healthy, but are strong flavored. SLUGS think I planted celery for them!! Can the slugs damaged parts hurt me? It's kinda gross!!

[@kathyjagodnik518]

P.S.-any tips on pests and celery??

[@MissChievousRN]

How many days to maturity? Is celery a good fall garden choice?

[@uppanadam74]

The guy playing with the dog under the trampoline was very entertaining!!

[@MIgardener]

he he! It was funny to watch indeed.

[@lollyjones1]

What time of year can you plant celery? It is last of June and I have lots of small plants I have started from seed.

[@robynconnors694]

Thanks for the information, I need to go thin my celery!haha

[@ginamcgee680]

How often do you have to blanch your celery. Is it like like hllling potatoes

[@ienjoygardening7361]

Thanks *****. I was trying in a SFG so likely not enough nutrients with the peat and vermiculite. I have a pretty green thumb but celery and carrots just have been rough for me. I'll try again in pure compost.

[@MIgardener]

IEnjoyGardening I think your problem is not the looseness, but instead the pH. Peat can be very acidic and as I mentioned in the growing guide Celery does not like very acidic soil. Compost will be much better for your growing since it has a pH of around 7.

[@nunyabiznez6381]

No place in my county sells celery plants. Only one place sold celery seeds this year and not until late March which is long after our Florida planting season. So I really needed to know how to plant celery from seed and nothing is really mentioned other than it's too hard for the creator of this video to be bothered. Quarantined I have not had access to celery, basic staple in my cooking, since February and now that I have had two failed plantings probably not at all. I miss celery and I needed tips for planting from seed.

[@brian8876]

When blanching celery, can you use straw instead of dirt?

[@jimsmij]

Another great guide, thanks for sharing.

[@MIgardener]

+Jim S So glad it helped!

[@scoots8519]

Thanks, finally I find why my beautiful Utah celery tasted so bad! Blanching !!!!

[@davemould8261]

Buy self blanching varieties......

[@ragmatjaftha8721]

Love your video great help thanks from South Africa

[@rominhawk3949]

Thank you for an excellent presentation. Liked a lot.

[@zprince4120]

I'm growing the pink plume celery this year. Should I blanch it or will it lose it's red color?

[@kevinbrennan2004]

I've heard tubing the plant, in mid growth, also helps with harvesting. Is that true?

[@meehan302]

Aha Luke that why I couldn't grow Celery . My ground was too rough. Thanks for that great information

[@MIgardener]

Patrick Meehan That will do it ;)

[@lotusholistichealing]

Thank you for this video! Should you blanch pink celery?

[@joannestretch]

Can we get a growing guide for Beets? red beets miammmmm

[@AngelsGrove]

LOL I literally made the first mistake that you address. I just planted my celery in shade... guess I will be going and moving those quickly haha

[@sunnysideup6766]

Great video!! Thank you😊

[@AgroSuede]

I am hoping to sharing my Caribbean version of growing celery this weekend, but I learn something a little to late, that's the info about the compost.. though I use a lot in the backyard garden, I also used soil...so this new info I'll mention in the video, thanks for this guide ***** . Blessings to your garden.

[@TheDrblu]

What time of the year is best to plant?

[@margaretporkolab7166]

Question why did you not spread the roots out before plant the plant?

[@FoodForThought.]

Thank you. My first year, last was a failure but with this information I should be golden. Is it possible to use mulch to around the celery rather than soil?