Celery

Image by zevei-wenhui Planting European cutting celery (Apium graveolens var. secalinum) is a way to have fresh celery leaves for salads and cooking, but without the hassle of cultivating and blanching stalk…

Image by brownrexx Simply put, celery isn’t the easiest crop to grow in the garden. Even after all the work and time involved with growing celery, bitter celery is one of the most common complaints at harvest…

Image by red_pepper82 When you use celery, you use the stalks and then discard the base, right? While the compost pile is a good place for those unusable bottoms, an even better idea is planting the celery…

Image by lzf If you’ve ever used celery seed or salt in a recipe, what you are using is not actually celery seed. Instead, it is the seed or fruit from the smallage herb. Smallage has been harvested wild and…

Image by Mary Ann Hansen, Va. Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org Celery root knot nematode is a microscopic type of worm that attacks the roots. Living in the soil, these worms may…

What is celery late blight? Also known as Septoria leaf spot and commonly seen in tomatoes, late blight disease in celery is a serious fungal disease that affects celery crops across much of the United States and around the world. The…

Image by Scot Nelson Blight is a common disease of celery plants. Of the blight diseases, cercocspora or early blight in celery is the most common. What are the symptoms of cercospora blight? The following…

Image by Marek Pawluczuk Growing celery (Apium graveolens) is generally considered to be the ultimate vegetable gardening challenge. It has a very long growing season but a very low tolerance for both heat…

Image by Tim UR Celery is a cool-season crop that requires about 16 weeks of cool temperatures to mature. It is best to start celery indoors about eight weeks before the last frost in the spring. When…

Image by y-studio A common snack among dieters, stuffed with peanut butter in school lunches, and a nutritious garnish plunked in Bloody Mary drinks, celery is one of the most popular vegetables in the United…