Celery, growing from seed to seedling. The best varieties for greenhouses and open ground
Fragrant, tasty and healthy celerygrow on their private plots of many truck farmers. This is due to the relative unpretentiousness of the culture and the possibility of obtaining an impressive crop even on a small land plot.
When to plant celery, growing from seed to seedling
To collect a large amount of spicy root, you need to know exactly how and when to plant celery. Cultivation from seeds is not difficult, however, it still requires compliance with certain rules.
Seeds of celery are very small, so they are notpenetrate into the soil. Too large a layer of soil prevents the penetration of a sufficient amount of sunlight and slows the natural growth of shoots. Therefore, the planting material is simply sifted from above and slightly pressed to the ground with hands.
Containers with seedlings (individual cups orgeneral container) to accelerate the germination cover with a polyethylene film with good light transmission capacity or glass and is determined in a dry, warm (+22-25 ° C) and well consecrated place.
The soil is regularly moistened from the spray gun or by watering into the drip tray.
After 10-14 days, when the first shoots are passed, the seedlings are transferred to a cooler room and the film (or glass) is removed.
After 2-3 leaves appear on the shoots, seedlings dive into another container at a distance of 6-7 centimeters from each other or simply thin out.
In the open ground, young celery shoots are planted in the middle or the end of May, regularly watered and weeded regularly if weeds appear.
Which celery is best: root, stem or cuttings
A single answer to the question, which celerybetter: root, stem or petiolate, does not exist. Each gardener chooses for himself a more convenient to care and pleasant to taste type and variety. Professional farmers note only the fact that leaf celery grow slightly easier than all the rest. It is easier to transfer recurrent frosts and quickly rises even when directly sown in the soil. Therefore, it is recommended to cultivate it for novice gardeners and residents of regions with a cool and temperate climate.
Celery varieties for greenhouses and open ground
In this section, we collected universal varieties of celery for greenhouses and open ground. All of them are distinguished by high yield, resistance to drought and unsurpassed taste qualities.
"Cheerfulness" is a popular medium grade leafterm maturation. In the undergrowth, it forms a powerful and strong rosette with smooth, glossy, strongly dissected plates. The first greens give in 2 months after disembarkation.
"Samurai" is an exceptionally cold-resistant, high-yielding variety with a vertical, curly green, high-growth leaf. Up to maturity it takes 75-85 days after planting the shoots into the ground.
"Golden Feather" - strong and strong stem varietywith slightly corrugated plates. The height reaches 50 centimeters. Wide yellow-green petioles by the end of the growing season acquire a peculiar golden color, therefore they are called self-bleaching.
"Malachite" - medium-long petioled variety of goodyields with dark green juicy leaves and dense, elastic and fleshy stems. Until full ripeness comes 4 months after sowing in the ground.
"Delicacy" - resistant to diseases and pestsroot variety. In the period of maturation forms a sprawling, loose rosette of dense leaves of rich green color. Ripe root crops have a round-flat shape and weigh an average of about 500 grams.
The "Prague giant" is one of the best andhigh-yield medium-early root varieties. It has a pleasant and gentle, slightly spicy taste and a delicate aroma. The plant forms an upright or slightly spreading bunch of 22-24 leaves and grows up to 60 centimeters in height. The weight of mature roots is 700-800 grams.
"Apple" - the fastest and most disease-resistantroot celery. Forms low, semi-spreading green shoots and rounded, slightly flattened from above porous fruit with a dense, white flesh weighing about 400 grams.
Root celery: planting, growing
How to Cultivate on the Farmlandroot celery without a beard (in the suburbs, Krasnodar Territory, Belarus, etc.), how to grow at home, how to sow in a "snail"? Planting seedlings, growing, breeding, features of varieties and other usefulness - all this the author highlights in great detail. In addition, he gives interesting advice to those who are first going to plant a spicy vegetable in his garden.
