How to Grow Celery, with the results in August from a first sowing in March

Celery needs more water than most vegetables, and good soil. It grows well in no dig soil with compost mulch, for high fertility and decent moisture retention. No dig and no wooden sides result in fewer slugs.

The bed you see had been spinach for eight months until May. We cleared the plants by twisting them out, and then we spread a mulch (surface dressing) of compost. No straw, no hay, no fertilisers.
The celery and celeriac were transplanted 12 weeks before this filming. We received 162mm/6.5in rain in that time, and we have watered also by hand.

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[BIGDAGGIE]

Yooo this mans vibe is so chill! This is who I want to be when I grow up!

[westlakefarms]

I grew celery last season and I left one in the ground, this season it produced flowers and I just harvested the seeds .

[epicgardening]

One of my favorite crops, released on my birthday! What a treat Charles! Hope you're well - Kevin

[MnM_CuteCatClips]

Watching your Videos brings peace to my mind. ❤️

[lindahipple]

Hello Charles, this year was my best celry crop ever. I planted it out early with fleece at night when its' frosty. I harvested all side shoots for soups and later stews. Then harvested the entire celry later. I left 2 plants to go to seed. I'm now harvesting lovely celry seed for kitchen use. It smells wonderful. Yes F1 varieties are worth growing. I had great luck with Pink Oriental Celry too. Rather small but delightful in my salads or steamed veggies. Blessings.

[xmarkmechanic]

Michigan, USA. My celery is doing awesome. We have had almost a drought and a few very heavy rains. I have had to water the celery almost every day since late May. My 3 year no till/dig garden on heavy clay and compost with some wood chips ground through has produced beautiful celery ready for harvest now. Thank You very much Charles Dowding, Your methods work good here. you should see all the mushrooms in the beds.

[flowersinherhair]

What gorgeous plants, and you're good with the camera. You sould make more videos!

[louiseanderwin]

I've grown celery for the first time this year. I use it as a cut-and-come again crop, harvesting the outer sticks and leaving the heart to keep growing. I freeze it periodically too for winter stocks, soups and stews.

[ABetterMeee]

Bless your heart for sharing your knowledge with people. Thank you

[melissasullivan]

“Back in the 1980’s....summers were shorter then.” It does feel like that, especially to this 80’s baby.

Watching some older vids to prepare myself since my zone is ahead of yours (9b, Northern California), but behind Kevin’s. Thanks for covering celery. I’m a first time grower this year, and went with starts because, frankly, I didn’t trust myself not to lose patience with seed.

[henrikolsen]

The love and gratitude for the harvest at @7:10 is so nice :). Wonderful feeling.

[jasonhatfield]

Such an important vegetable in cooking! I would love to be able to successfully grow this

[robinhazeslip]

Going to try celery for first time next season! So grateful for a video to refer to!

[richstone]

I never had any luck with celery. Your celery looks great. Thank you

[gaiasoundandvision]

Thank you Charles :) I eat the leaves of celery (some people mentioned about that below) I haven't grown any myself yet, but when shopping I always look for ones with the most leaves left on lol they are good in smoothies & salads! Also, if you find one with a few roots still on it, you can plant it and it will regrow again ;) same with leeks I've recently found! :) I try all sorts of things just to see what happens :) I've got some lovely leeks regrowing in a large tub in my garden, after having planted the end bits after I'd eaten the rest and they started to grow again and now they are quite big :)

[veemcg]

All those lovely leaves! They are great for soups and stews, salads and in a sandwich with red apple and grated cheddar! I do like the crunchy stems but really love the leaves. We have no difficulty growing it here in Ireland because we have plenty of rain...rarely need to water anything only wee seedlings in their trays. Our garden has good airy breezes too even on hot summer days so maybe that's why we never have had any discolouration of the leaves.

[valerieburkett]

I’m excited to try this one for the first time this year. Thank you, Charles, for sharing your garden wisdom. God bless.

[LittleJordanFarm]

Thanks Charles I've been working hard on my celery this yr. All these tips are great..blessings

[MarineThePlantMachine]

Wow thanks so much for the tips, will definitely try and share on my channel!

[lucianocobos]

Thank you for sharing your experience and tips to improve the performance of our garden. Thanks also, to the person in charge or application that generates the subtitles. You really are a true Hortelano.

Thanks to you, my neighbors are happier, and I have become the master of the art of scrounging.

Again, thanks for teaching us.