I haven’t grown celery in years but I gave it a try again this year and I’m glad I did. The reason I stayed away from growing it for so long is because I did not have good luck growing it before. It did not get very big and a lot of the inner ribs were rotten.
This year I did a little research and found out that celery is a heavy feeder. So I mixed a bucket of compost into the bed before planting and gave it a good dose of organic fertilizer. I also read that celery needs to stay wet so I made sure to water every day if it was not raining. The celery grew very fast and the stalk harvested the other day was perfect with no rot in the middle.
My one mistake was not to stagger my crop. I was not expecting so much success so I have 6 stalks ready all at once. I should be able to keep some in the ground for a few weeks but I’m concerned if they remain in too long I may have a bug and/or rot problem begin to develop or the stalks may just get tough. I’ll keep a close eye on it and see how they look. Next year I will do at least two smaller plantings.
Thanks for reading. Does anyone else out the grow celery?