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Celery Seeds

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Useful gardening infomation

Celery is a cool-weather crop, preferring temperatures between 58° F and 80° F to do best. It needs rich, well-drained soil with a pH between 5.8 and 6.7. Most important, celery must have uniform moisture. Be prepared to use a good mulch on your crop.

Sowing Use a good seed-germination soil mix . Germination occurs best when temperatures alternate between 60° F at night and 72° F during the day. Keep soil moist, and you'll see seedlings within three weeks. Thin to one plant per cell or container.

Once plants are three to four inches tall, they are ready for the garden. Do not harden off celery by reducing temperatures, however. Rather than toughen plants, this can induce seed-stalk development. Transplant into the garden one week prior to the average last frost date.

If you live in a mild-winter area, you can sow celery seed directly into the garden. Sow the seed thinly and cover with 1/8 inch of soil. After germination, thin seedlings until you have 8 to 10 inches between plants. Remember to mulch as soon as the plants are tall enough not be damaged.

Informative articles found on the web:

How to grow Celery
Health Benifits of Celery
Celery Recipes

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Seeds

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VS260 Golden Stalk Celery
Outstanding yellow variety that is self blanching. Stalks are thick and heavy, but tender without strings. Thick hearts form early. Excellent table variety.

  Package of Several hundred seeds, $1.95

BM71 Gold Self Blanching Celery
Compact, yellow, 7" stalks, 82 days.

  50mg Package $1.95

BM72 Giant Red Celery
Large, red stalk, much better flavor than green stalk types, yellow pink hearts great in salad or soup, 85 days, .

  25mg Package $1.95

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Celeriac

W115 Giant Prague
Heirloom. 110 days. Root Celery, this variety is grown for its large, white roots that is superb fried, or in soup. Taste and culture much like regular celery, introduced in 1871, popular in parts of Europe.

  1/4 Teaspoon Pack ( several hundred seeds ) $1.95

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