EARTHING CELERY.
Some gardeners are always in a hurry to earth up celery. This is a mistake. The object of earthing up is to blanch the stalks, and as blanching takes only from four to six weeks nothing is gained by allowing a longer time and a good deal may be lost. The pressure of the surrounding soil checks growth, with the inevitable result that the plants tend to throw up flowering stems or, in the gardening phraseology, to bolt. One of the commonest causes of bolting is earthingup too soon.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 50, 28 February 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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91EARTHING CELERY. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 50, 28 February 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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