Celery root

Celery refers to umbrella( celery) crops. It can be leaf, petiolate and root. Root celery has to be grown through seedlings, since it takes about 200 days to form a root crop. I must say that success depends on the good quality and quality of the seeds. From domestic seeds, you can use the Prague giant, the Russian size, from imports - Ilona, ​​Brilliant, Diamant, giving a large root crop;of petiolate interest are Tango, Avolon, Bolivar, and from leaf - Safir and Athena.

Features of growing

At the end of February, fill the yogurt cups with moistened soil, compact it and pour 2 cm of snow on top. Then compact the snow and carefully place on the snow very small celery seeds, no more than 3 in each glass( they are clearly visible in the snow).Cover with a glass or a film and put on a window sill. The snow will melt and will pull seeds into the uppermost layer of the soil by half. They will quickly come on and rise. After that, the glass or film must be removed.

Watering shoots should be done very carefully, pouring water with a teaspoon over the wall of the glass. When the plants will have 2-3 real leaves, cut off unneeded plants with the help of manicure scissors, leaving one of the best, which gently hills from time to time, otherwise the plant will fall and can break off the roots. In early May, transplant the seedlings into place. If there is a threat of strong frosts, cover for the first time landing lutrasilom.

Agronorm of root celery 30, and the ratio between nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is 47: 20: 33, that is, he is a fan of nitrogen and phosphorus. Before planting the soil should be very well seasoned with organic( no less than a bucket for each plant), in addition, in the planting holes should be added to 1 tbsp.spoon of superphosphate. Mix well with the soil, fill the wells with water and transplant the seedlings, cutting the plant down to the cotyledonous leaves. Further care is reduced to weekly top dressing infusion of weeds with the addition of 1 teaspoon of superphosphate on the bucket of solution( for 1 liter of weeds should take 5 liters of water).

Because celery does not like fresh manure, fertilizing with manure infusion should be ruled out. When the roots begin to be tied, it is necessary to give a feeding of boron( 2 g per bucket of water), otherwise the root can form voids. When caring for root celery, you must constantly remove the outer leaves so that the plants all the time there are not more than 4 young leaves. In addition, during the growth of root vegetables, it must be constantly broken up so that it gradually appears above the surface of the soil, and at the same time it is necessary to carefully cut off the root roots carefully so as not to damage the roots, so that they do not expand into sides and the root crop does not branch out. Then you will get a big, round, dense root without a beard of roots.

Despite the fact that the celery is a cold-resistant plant, in the conditions of the Northwest it does not hibernate in the soil. Therefore, leaving it for winter in this region should not be.