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Apiaceae
Celery
Apium graveolens
Also known as Apium graveolens var. secalinum, Apium graveolens var. dulce, Apium graveolens f. rapaceum, Helosciadium rutaceum
Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Vegetable · Edible · Cool Season · Culinary Herb · Garden · Biennial · Food Plant · High Maintenance · Moist Soil · Kitchen Garden
Celery is a demanding cool-season vegetable that requires consistently moist, fertile soil and a long growing season of 3-4 months to produce crisp, flavorful stalks. It prefers cooler temperatures between 60-70°F and does not tolerate drought or intense summer heat, making timing of planting critical. Feed with a nitrogen-rich fertilizer every two weeks and consider blanching the stalks by mounding soil or wrapping the base to produce a milder, less bitter flavor.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water consistently to keep soil evenly moist, never allowing it to dry out completely · Every 2-3 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 2a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 9 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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