GROWER’S GUIDE (Celery)

Description

Celery – Grower’s Guide

Season
Can grow year round, prefers low temperature and best in Asian winter.

Soil
Loam, clay loam, good irrigation, pH 5.0 – 6.0. To plough the soil with dry sun 7-10 days. To plough the soil deep 20-25 cm. Additional manure rate 1.5-2.0 ton/rai plot wide 100 – 120 cm. high 25-30 cm. Use straw to thin cover.

Agriculture
A = sowing seeds after plant have leaf 4-5, pull select space 20-25 x 20-25 cm.
B = Transplant sprout have leaf 4-5, open water in to plot, space 25-30 x 25-30 cm.

Fertilizer
1. With plough fertilizer manure rate 1,500- 2,000 Kg./Rai
2. After transplant 7-10 days formula 21-0-0 or 46-0-0 rate 35-40 Kg./Rai
3. After transplant 20-25 days formula 15-15-15 rate 30 -35 Kg./Rai

Maturity
80-90 days after sowing

CELERY FACTS: In Europe celery is usually eaten cooked as a vegetable or as a delicate flavouring in a variety of stocks, casseroles, and soups. In the United States raw celery is served with spreads or dips as an appetizer and in salads.
The tiny fruit, or seed, of the celery resembles the plant itself in taste and aroma and is used as a seasoning, particularly in soups and pickles. Celery seed contains about 2 to 3 percent essential oil, the principal components of which are d-limonene and selinene.
Celeriac (Apium graveolens variety rapaceum), also called celery root, or turnip-rooted celery, has a large edible root used as a raw or cooked vegetable.