celery 'Golden Self Blanching'
celery or Apium graveolens var. dulce 'Golden Self-blanching'
A dwarf variety that's ideal for smaller gardens with its easy-going nature and compact growth, resulting in a...
approx 1000 seeds
£2.49
available to order from late spring
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Plant description
A dwarf variety that's ideal for smaller gardens with its easy-going nature and compact growth, resulting in a good harvest of string-free, solid hearts. Unlike traditional celery which needs earthing up to produce pale stems, this variety produces naturally cream-coloured stalks with a crisp, crunchy texture and mild flavour.
Eventual height & spread
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Growing instructions:
Scatter the fine seed on damp seed compost in trays under glass in early spring, leaving them on the surface without covering. Pot up seedlings individually as they grow, and when they are 6-7cm tall, gradually harden off before planting out 20cm apart where they are to grow. Keep well-watered and protect from slugs. Grow celery in tight-knit blocks rather than rows so they blanch each other as they grow, resulting in even paler stems.
Warning
Humans: Harmful to skin with sunlight
GOES WELL WITH
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