[andy135]

I have lots of space in between my sweetcorn, and have a lot of celery to plant so I thought I would plant it under the corn. Would there be a problem with this, please?  

[Aunt Sally]

If it's self blanching celery you have to plant it in a tight block to make it blanch.  Otherwise it will be green and not a nice flavour.

[andy135]

If it's self blanching celery you have to plant it in a tight block to make it blanch.  Otherwise it will be green and not a nice flavour.

I have a lot of celery to get in there............... 

I'll give it a go. Now't to lose. 

[Aunt Sally]

   Not a lot of point asking then was there 

[andy135]

 Not a lot of point asking then was there  

I won't bother in future then.

[Aunt Sally]

What spacing do you have for the sweetcorn ?


Both sweetcorn and celery are very hungry feeders.  That's why sweetcorn should have quite large spacings.  Celery is planted quite close to exclude the light and blanche it.  Celery needs LOTS of water or it will fail.  Sweetcorn will rob the celery of food and water.

[andy135]

The sweetcorn is at 18" spacing.
Thank you for your last answer, which is what I was looking for, and not your prevoius.

[Zippy]

   how rude dude     

[Beetroot queen]

Aunt Sally was trying to help, people wont reply to your posts if you talk to them like you have done here. 

[andy135]

  how rude dude     

I wasn't being rude, I was simply making a point. I do not need sarcastic coments everytime I post something which dosen't fall to aunt sally's likeing.

Quote... Not a lot of point asking then was there... /Quote.

[Yorkie]

Well if you ask a question, thereby implying that you actually want advice, and then say you're going to disregard the advice irrespective of a specific answer, it does rather make one wonder why you bothered asking.

People take a lot of time and effort to answer what appear to be genuine questions; it's what makes this forum so great.

If people feel that their answers are going to be routinely ignored (and this is a general point, not aimed at you in particular) then people won't bother answering, to the detriment of the forum.

[Aunt Sally]

 Thanks for that Yorkie

I have a lot of celery to get in there............... 

I'll give it a go. Now't to lose. 

You have a lot to lose Andy.  The sweetcorn will suffer from the competition and the celery will fail to thrive from lack of water as the sweetcorn will take it all.

[andy135]

Well if you ask a question, thereby implying that you actually want advice, and then say you're going to disregard the advice irrespective of a specific answer, it does rather make one wonder why you bothered asking.

People take a lot of time and effort to answer what appear to be genuine questions; it's what makes this forum so great.

If people feel that their answers are going to be routinely ignored (and this is a general point, not aimed at you in particular) then people won't bother answering, to the detriment of the forum.

Yorkie, I wasn't disregarding the advice, I just have over 100 celery plants and I am prepeared to lose some of them rather than not plant them up in the first place.
I was thinking, better to have tried and failed, than not tried at all.

Aunt Sally,
I wasn't trying to be clever or rude to you. I thank you for your advice, but your coment about not asking the question in the first place did not come across as helpfull.

I appreciate you guy's giving us the wisdom of your experience, but sometimes, after a hard afternoon digging under the sun, things can be taken in the wrong context.

Best regards,
Steve.

[fatcat1955]

I feel that planting your celery between sweetcorn is not a good idea. You will have to water celery every day in hot weather even when planted on their own. You will probably be looking at a couple of gallons per plant and thats not allowing for the sweetcorn. You will also need access for blanching etc. One other thing, never plant celery next to parsnips because celery fly can infect snips as well.

[Ice]

I just have over 100 celery plants and I am prepeared to lose some of them rather than not plant them up in the first place.
I was thinking, better to have tried and failed, than not tried at all.

It would have been helpful to know this in the first place.