thought celery was supposed to be really hard? How/what time of year/where did you start it off?
My kids love celery, so I'm not sure there could be too much of it in our house...!
Well that was what I was told so didn't hold out much hope. But total success, and not the least difficult. It was self blanching Galaxy Lathom self blanching, got seeds from Thompson and Morgan £1.69.
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/603/1.htmlSeen them here for 80p
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/603/1.htmlsame seeds and in the home page faq he says why cheaper.
Started off in early March in the conservatory just in those cell things you get
http://www.allotment-garden.org/greenhouse/Grow_Pot_Basket/garden-244.html Blurb says:
Sow from late winter to spring on the surface of a moist peat based compost, do not cover the seed as light aids germination. Seal in a polythene bag until germination which takes 10-16 days at 21C (70F). Grow on at a cooler temperature 16-18C (60-65F I didn't bother with the plastic bag. I also planted them a lot closer than packer said, and as I said before I cut off storks as needed rather than lift whole plant, as I found it still had some growing of storks to do. Unfortunately I hate celery but others that eat it in the family like it saying 'thats how celery should taste'.
Grew some in a plastic box/crate I had made holes in, the type they give you to put your old newspapers in, about 24" by 12"(we now have big recycle bins). Thats what I mean about planting much closer than supposed too there were ten plants in this box. They are supposed to be 10" apart. I had cut all the storks off the celery in this box 8 Weeks ago, looked out today and more storks have grown.
Just remember they are bog plants and like lots of water once planted out. I just hope they are as good for me next year.