In the CIS countries, root celery is popular , but its no less useful counterpart is increasingly found on the shelves of our stores and on sites of amateur gardeners. Growing petiole celery is a bit troublesome, but fascinating activity.
This plant in the wild grows in Europe, Asia, South and North Africa, South America. The cultivation of petiole celery is done to obtain juicy, thick and crisp stems (petioles). They are consumed raw, used for salads, soups and stews.
Growing
petiole celery can be done in two ways: simple and complex. In the first case, self-bleaching varieties are selected (golden - golden feather, latam selfie blanching; green - utah, American green) of this plant. They are planted on ordinary beds, because they do not need hilling. Growing
petiole celery of the above varieties produce square-nesting method. Only extreme plants need shading. A disadvantage of self-bleaching varieties is their low cold resistance. They should be cleaned in late summer or early fall.
With a complex method of growing plants live in trenches, while they are constantly spud or wrapped in black film. These actions are aimed at bleaching the stems. Their hilling and wrapping stimulates the formation of longer, elastic, less fibrous and without bitterness petioles. The following varieties are suitable for this method: white - white feather, dwarf white, price teacher white; pink - jine pink, clayworth price pink; red - standard burr, red.
Growing petiole celery should be carried out in open areas of fertile soil. For self-bleaching varieties, rotted manure (bucket / sq.m.) Is introduced into the soil before planting for the winter. For trench varieties, a pit 30 cm deep and 50 cm wide is prepared in the fall. The earth dug from it is poured on the sides of the pit. The rotted manure (bucket / sq.m.) Is poured onto the bottom of the trench, which has been loosened with a pitchfork. Manure sprinkled with earth.
Sowing seeds of self-bleaching varieties is performed in this way: they are mixed with sand and sown in trays with a substrate. The air temperature should be 10-14 ° C. Crops are sprinkled with a substrate and carefully watered. You can cover the tray with plastic wrap. The grown seedlings dive and plant with an interval of 5 cm in trays with a substrate. Celery seedlings are grown in a greenhouse or greenhouse. Hardened seedlings are planted in mid-May according to a 25x25 cm pattern.
Seedlings for growing in a trench way are grown according to the same principle. She is planted in the middle of the trench. Plants are watered abundantly. After the stems reach 30 cm in length, celery begins to spud or wrap each plant with plastic wrap. In this case, weak side shoots are cut off. Spud every 2 weeks.
This plant is damaged by carrot and celery flies, snails and slugs. Petiole celery is susceptible to darting, cracking, and leaf spotting. To prevent diseases and pests, it should be regularly treated with special drugs.