Celery seedling prepared for transplantation
As we saw in the november crop calendar, celery It is one of the vegetables that can be grown during the cold autumn in our flowerpot or urban garden. Its cultivation is simple, it is not very demanding and it is very grateful. It will only be necessary to monitor the irrigationas the substrate humidity must be maintained.
It has the advantage of being able to cut twigs as we need them, such as lettuce and endives, and thus be able to have this umbelliferousrich in vitamin C, to prepare tasty dishes. One of my favorite creams, delicious, is the carrot and celery cream. Try it, it is a delight, in the previous link you have the recipe (it is from Thermomix, but if you do not have the machine, you can use it as a base to prepare it without it).
From November to April, we can plant celery. We will do it germinate in seedbeds or in peat pots (or we buy the seedling directly). His sowing temperature It must be between 17 and 20ºC.
Between 15 and 20 days from sowing, it will have germinated. The we will transplant when it has 3 or 4 leaves and about 15 cm. Tall.
You will need a minimum 9 liter container.
During the first third of the crop the temperature ideal is around 16-20ºC. Later accommodates lower temperatures to these, but always higher than 8-10ºC. Frequent minimum temperatures close to 5ºC produce brittle petioles and even premature flowering.
After a monthWe can already cut some twigs, always the exterior ones, but the plant will reach its full development after 6 or 7 months. So the celery will provide us throughout this time.
Needs a regular and frequent wateringthat maintains the humidity of the substrate in contact with the hand.
It’s a plant biannual. During the first year it develops a rosette of fleshy leaves that are used for consumption. In the second year the plant blooms.
Regarding the cultivation associations it is compatible with cabbage, radish, tomato, leek, cucumber, lettuce or pea. We must avoid plants of the same family (umbelliferous) like carrots. parsnip or parsley.
Regarding the plagues and diseases that affect him, he is sensitive to aphids and mushrooms on the sheets.
More information – November Crop Calendar, Carrot and celery cream, Vegetables, by families, Aphid, The most common mushrooms in the urban garden
