Topic: Celery - how easy???

[BAK]

when you all plant them in blocks how close do you space them?

approx. 9 inches apart

[thifasmom]

when you all plant them in blocks how close do you space them?

approx. 9 inches apart

tah :)

[1066]

I keep reading that they like lots of water, but exactly how much are we talking about. Say for 12 plants a watering can a day??
Thanks

[BAK]

I keep reading that they like lots of water, but exactly how much are we talking about. Say for 12 plants a watering can a day??
Thanks

Assuming a reasonable-sized watering can (2 gallons) it sounds ok.

We have about 20 plants and our watering regime is 2 cans per day ... but not absolutely every day as there are one or two days per week when we do not go to the plot.

[1066]

Thanks for that BAK, that's a bit of reassurance for me - as I also don't get to the plot every day.

I've been giving this some thought and thinking about the needs of the celery I'm going to try the self blanching variety (I think I have enough work cut out with earthing up spuds..) and will create a trench for them with lots of well rotted manure / anything else organic I can get my mitts on, and then mulch with manure / grass / straw. Where I did this on the dwarf beans this year the ground underneath the roots etc was still damp, whereas other areas on my plot were bone dry.
Thanks again
1066