Gardening: Prefer celery: To sow the seeds

Contents

1.  For celery to develop optimally, it must be sown in time. 
2. With these instructions, 
3. sowing and precultivation of the popular vegetable is successful.
   2. Sowing celery: The most important facts in brief
   3.  When should you sow celery?
   4. How to sow celery properly?
   5. Prick celery
   6. Further cultivation of pre-grown celery

 For celery to develop optimally, it must be sown in time. 

With these instructions, 

sowing and precultivation of the popular vegetable is successful.

Flora Press/GWI Celeriac has a long cultivation period just like celery stalks. It should therefore be brought forward at the latest in the middle of March.

those who want to sow and prefer celery should start in time. 

The following applies to both celeriac (Apium graveolens var. 

rapaceum) and celeriac (Apium graveolens var. dulce): The plants have a long cultivation period. 

If celery is not preferred, the growing season in the open field is hardly sufficient for a rich harvest.

Sowing celery: The most important facts in brief

A preculture of celery is recommended at the end of February/beginning 

of March so that it can be planted outdoors in May after the ice saints. 

The seeds are sown in seed boxes, 

only lightly pressed and well moistened. 

Celery germinates fastest in a bright place at temperatures around 20 degrees Celsius. 

When the first real leaves appear, the young celery plants are pricked.

 When should you sow celery?

Young plants of celeriac and celeriac stalks can be planted for about eight weeks. 

Therefore, plan sufficient time for the preculture. 

Sowing for early cultivation under glass or foil sows already from the middle of January. 

For outdoor cultivation, sowing is usually done from the end of February/beginning of March. 

Cut celery, similar to parsley, can also be preferred in pots from March onwards. 

As soon as late frosts are no longer expected, 

usually after the ice saints in May, celery can be planted out.

How to sow celery properly?

Let the celery seeds soak in water overnight 

and then sow them in seed boxes filled with soil. 

Press the seeds well with a board, but do not cover them with soil. 

Since celery is a light germinator, the seeds are only 

thinly covered with sand - about half a centimeter. 

Carefully sprinkle the substrate with water and cover the box with a transparent lid. 

Then place the box in a bright, warm place. 

A light windowsill or a greenhouse with temperatures between 18 and 22 degrees Celsius is well suited. 

The optimal germination temperature for celery is 20 degrees Celsius, 

temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius will later encourage the plants to shoot. 

Until the cotyledons appear, keep the substrate evenly moist, but not too wet.

Prick celery

To obtain strong, well-rooted young plants, 

pricking out is very important in celery. 

As soon as the first two or three real leaves have formed, 

the time has come. 

Carefully lift the plants out of the container with the help of a pricking 

stick and shorten long roots a little - this will stimulate root growth. 

Then place the plants in small pots with growing soil. 

Alternatively, pot plates with 4 x 4 cm individual pots are also suitable. 

Water the plants well afterwards.

Further cultivation of pre-grown celery

After pricking, the celery plants continue to be cultivated in a bright place, 

but somewhat cooler at 16 to 18 degrees Celsius and with sparing watering. 

After two to four weeks, they can be supplied for the first time with a liquid fertilizer, 

which is applied with the watering water. 

From the end of April, 

the plants should then be slowly hardened and placed outdoors during the day. 

When the last late frosts are over, 

celery can be planted in the prepared vegetable patch. 

Choose a generous planting distance of about 50 x 50 centimeters. 

Celeriac should not be planted deeper than it was in the pot before: 

if the plants are planted too deep, they will not form tubers.