You're Probably Not Growing This, BUT YOU SHOULD BE!

[@crimsonroses1]

Currently growing my best celery crip to date in Northern Michigan. Light frost cloth keeps it alive all winter here. Basically has to be covered in snow to die. Even then it will start back up in the spring most years

[@mutantryeff]

A few years ago, celery was $0.28 a bunch at the grocery store around this time of the year. I told my son that would be the last time he'd ever see celery that cheap. Now it is $1.28.

[@SimplySelfSufficiency-od8ix]

This was the first year I have ever seen celery plants for sale at Wal-mart here. I also got a six pack to plant. Then we had Helene, then we had a month of no rain. They are somehow still alive, not looking fabulous but still growing. I will make sure to feed them now that we have rain again and we'll see how it goes.

[@charlesdevier8203]

I have had celery plants live through the winter here in mid-Missouri, zone 6b. Our temps get below 0 degrees F, so the plants could use a little shelter, but mine our out in the open in raised beds.

[@maconbacon8215]

I have had success with planting the celery stump. I started the stump in a shallow dish of water in the house, then transferred the celery to the garden after I saw the stump starting to put out a few shoots.

[@charlenejutras1595]

I do the same! Recently I have been taking the stump with some of the small center stalks attached and put them in small glass jars with pebbles to keep them upright and fill with filtered water. When the roots get established, I plant in empty spaces of raised beds. Celery through winter last year. Way more flavor than from store.

[@DanlowMusic]

I need a whole tray. I'm on a keto diet and celery goes in so much. I use it as a snack with cheesewiz or a cranberry jalapeno cream cheese dip. Chili, soups, stir fry, etc. so versatile.

[@dpaw60]

Holy smokes. Grew celery last spring for the first time. The taste versus grocery celery is an enormous difference. I love homegrown celery. No blanching here.

[@harlowecustommicrogreens]

8b we planted celery back in August in a tunnel. It’s ready for stalk harvest now. We feed it every 2 weeks. Started tango in soil blocks. We hold extra soil blocks for a week or so after transplanting the crop. This allows us to backfill anything that didn’t survive. Once that’s done we have a bed that’s the catch all for all the extras.

[@user-mj8ml2vs5d]

I planted over 100 seedlings that I started myself in three 8x4 garden beds. Didn’t know I would have so much success starting seeds then didn’t feel like throwing anything out 😂

[@DanlowMusic]

That's awesome because usually they are some of the hardest to germinate.

[@MissPeachCobbler]

That Coop gro is amazing

[@PatienceLove]

My celery seeds didn’t germinate when I tried to start them back in spring. I threw the mix into some soil and added it to my raised bed and got 3 celery plants. All three made it through my 9B summer and they are looking great.

[@terryl.9302]

Found out this yr that Cabbage & Celery come in both Summer & Winter Varieties esp for Northern Covered Gardens. Redventure, Tendercrisp Celery. Purple Savoy, Jersey Wakefield Cabbage. Cos-Romaine lettuces & Black Cherry, Glacier Tomato. Attached garage is big enough + lights, ceramic heater, ozone emitter. Gotta try to see how true this info really is. Cd be a game changer.

[@oriolehomestead2]

In my local area of northern Indiana, not a lot of places have celery starts. So always start (2) 6 packs of Tango. Always start them the week before I start onion seeds in mid to late February to transplant out May 1st. Somehow, celery is one of my more easier to start plants.

[@scottiewhite8762]

Ok right there, what makes those stalks turn like that? I started mine outside in sun like they would be naturally and get that “kink” to the stalk. It’s like one of those plants I’ve seen in Florida. Been meaning to ask you, glad I saw it on yours, makes me feel better haha.

[@JuliePascal]

Baker's Creek sent free celery seeds this year so I tried some celery. Planted a little six pack! They're actually doing really great. I don't know how big they'll get before they freeze or if they'll make it through. And who knows, maybe they'll taste better than grocery store celery. We can hope!

[@donnabrooks1173]

He says it will taste better and not to blanch it. Everything homegrown is so much better tasting and more nutritious than anything store bought. It's grown in better soil and much, much fresher

[@WinsomeWinslet]

We started celery from seed in mid July and it's just two inches high now lol. I'm not even sure if it will get big enough to harvest before it's too cold.

[@DanlowMusic]

Did you give it any fertilizer? I plant blood meal and bone meal in every hole I plant. Plus celery really likes water.

[@beverlyboyce1041]

I grow cutting celery. Stems r not as big but u can't kill it. It grows more like parsley.

[@rootelation486]

Like watching paint dry is the truth....im still waiting. Hoping by dec 1 I can plant them out mid dec will be too late for me to get them in the ground🤦🏾‍♀️

[@mutantryeff]

I like getting a good quality hunk of creamy blue cheese and spread that in a rib of celery. Crumbly blue cheese just doesn't work.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Chunky blue cheese is the best!

[@mutantryeff]

@@LazyDogFarm Chunky blue cheese doesn't stay in the celery rib.

[@Detour4it]

I plant the base of all my celery I buy. I also plant the tops of all the pineapples the wife buys. They both grow well and produce! That's alright by me.

[@DanlowMusic]

Doesn't it take 3 years for the pineapple to produce?

[@Detour4it]

@DanlowMusic I've been told 2-3 years, but I got two pineapples this summer from tops I planted last year this time. I cut them off, and the plants have grown more larger leaves... 🤷‍♂️

[@Detour4it]

@DanlowMusic I've been spraying them with a liquid fish emulsion 2x's/week and keeping the ground moist.

[@bentopalchemistfranklin7797]

Zone 5 sucks... I'm jealous of you Southerners

[@dpaw60]

You won’t be in august. Trust me. Just north of Houston here. 😂😂😂

[@rfgodwin123]

That's exactly what I was gonna say too😂

[@lawrencebeeles6338]

when will you have turmeric available again

[@LazyDogFarm]

We'll have plants available again next year probably mid to late spring.

[@mutantryeff]

I've been growing this instead of celery: Chinese Celery - Kintsai Dark Green

[@mrsmiley631]

Dehydrate and grind into powder, then use your imagination.

[@kansasterri5977]

Do NOT plant the stump! I tried it. When the celery re-grows it will go to seed immediately, and so the stalks will be full of fiber instead of being tender and full of juice.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

I was told a couple yrs ago how hard it is to germinate celery, so I sprinkled a row in a raised bed and I ended up with more celery than I knew what to do with. I much prefer that grown in my backyard to that from the grocery store ..

[@DanlowMusic]

It can be very difficult. So that's awesome! Timing, water, fertilizer, compost, all helps. If you skimp on the watering, it goes south quick. Especially when it's small.