Growing Organic Celery

Do you crave the crunchy shot of bracing , top - notch Apium graveolens dulce ? Unfortunately , it ’s hard to get good organically grown Apium graveolens dulce , and commercially grown Apium graveolens dulce run to be foul with relatively gamey density of pesticide residue — more so , in fact , than most other vegetable . The solution , of course , is to turn your own .

Planting Organic Celery

We have to admit that celery is n’t the easy vegetable to grow organically , but it can be done , and the rewards are copious . First of all , because it was originally a marsh plant life , celery requires a very fertile , moderately acidic stain pH of 5.8 - 6.7 , with plenty of water and excellent drainage . The best way to start is to prepare a trench 18 inches all-inclusive and deep about a hebdomad before planting day , and one-half satisfy it with a mixture of compost and well - rotted manure . If you decide to fix multiple trenches , space them at least 4 - 5 column inch apart .

Next , splash a little lime or gypsum into the trenches , because celery also needs atomic number 20 ; but be aware that if you tally too much , you ’ll break the acidity of the grease , because calcium compounds are alkalic . After a hebdomad or so , plant your seedling , and fill up the trench up with mulch . This strike , of course , that you ’ve begin the seedling indoors and that they ’ve been properly harden off before transplantation . Otherwise , the plants may bolt prematurely . The seedlings themselves should be about 3 - 4 inches tall at planting , spaced a invertebrate foot aside .