[devon]

My mum wants me to grow celeric this season. She fancies it mashed seen it on TV. Do I have to do any special prep ?

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[surbie100]

There's this for starters:
http://www.allotment-garden.org/grow-your-own/grow-celeriac.php

If you search 'celeriac' on the grow your own section, you'll find quite a few threads on it.

Good luck. 

[DD.]

As you'll see from the link, it's rather late to be sowing it now, it should have been sown 2 months ago. It requires quite a long growing season.

[Mrs Bee]

It is definately too late to sow it for this year but you can get trays of celeriac plants in lots of the garden centres. I got some from Sainsburys Homebase one year when I got some dodgy seeds and didn't have enough time to re sow.

I have also seen them in othe garden centres too.

[sunshineband]

Before I plant mine out I shall be digging in a large amount of well rotted compost, as celeriac likes damp conditions.

A good soak at least weekly (twice or three times id the weather is very hot and dry) will keep it going then.