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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Mark W on October 31, 2011, 17:44

Title: Celeriac
Post by: Mark W on October 31, 2011, 17:44

Hi, Just joined in the past few days and have been searching for info re Celeriac. Having been introduced to it last year we decided to grow our own this year.
 The two rows that we planted have been superb, but we are not sure how hardy it is. We had a very slight frost two weeks ago and the foliage seems to have been frosted.
Not really sure how we survived without it for all these years!!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mark

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: sunshineband on October 31, 2011, 19:31

Celeriac is very harday and can stay in the gournd untill needed.

Some people cover it with straw but really it should cope perfectly well  :)

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: Growster... on November 01, 2011, 05:33

Just out of interest Mark, how much did you grow, as it's on our list for next year!

Welcome BTW!

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: Mark W on November 01, 2011, 15:58

About 36 plants. Sowed seed under glass, excellent germination, pricked out into 6 packs and planted out late May 12" in rows and between.
Very easy to grow, but beware of the whitefly, it only affects the foliage but it is covered.
Mashes really well, only roasted it once and was not too impressed.

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: arugula on November 01, 2011, 16:51

Over the last winter and the one before, I've had them left in very frozen ground and they've still been fine. :)

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: Yorkie on November 01, 2011, 17:37

Oops, I just dug mine up to protect them from any imminent frosts.  Better get mashing  ::)

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: sunshineband on November 01, 2011, 19:26

Quote from: Yorkie on November 01, 2011, 17:37

Oops, I just dug mine up to protect them from any imminent frosts.  Better get mashing  ::)

At least you had some --- time I remembered to sow them it was too late  :(


Just got celery, which is not the same at all  ???

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: Yorkie on November 01, 2011, 21:30

I bought plants but don't tell anyone

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: mumofstig on November 01, 2011, 21:49

i won't tell a soul  :nowink:

I was surprised how slow growing they were after germination  :ohmy: I thought they were goners, and forgot about them. Then one day realised that they had survived after all  :D

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: shokkyy on November 01, 2011, 21:54

Quote from: mumofstig on November 01, 2011, 21:49

I was surprised how slow growing they were after germination  :ohmy: I thought they were goners, and forgot about them. Then one day realised that they had survived after all  :D

Must be a distant relation to seed onions then.

Title: Re: Celeriac
Post by: strangerachael on November 03, 2011, 14:31

I've never managed to grow one bigger than a tennis ball.  :(
By the time you've chopped off all the tentacles there's really not much left.