Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: m1ckz on September 10, 2010, 07:34
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is still very green an the stems are green and thin,do you think this will be edible soon or is it too late thanx mick
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The problem is always that celery needs a long growing season and that is is not frost hardy.
It needs to be started in March/April but not planted out until after the last frost with 5/6 leaves.
You have another month of growth.
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It might not be self blanching in which case the stems will stay green (unless you earth up / cover up). They will survive under a cloche for a while if you get some mild frosts, but any significant frost and they will probably carp it.
Can you not just start using the stems small? I use cut and come again for stews / bottom of roasting tins etc. Pretty sure you can use the leaves too?
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ill give it a try thanx