CELERY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 55, 2 September 1937, Page 23

CELERY

Grown under favourable conditions, celery is not a difficult crop to grow, but it requires unremitting attention to ensure really good results.

The plants must be grown from start to finish without check, and at all times require to be kept moist.

The soil should be well enriched, and it is especially necessary that it should contain ample humus, as this retains moisture. Seed should be sown thinly in boxes and covered very lightly with soil. Place a sheet of glass over the boxes or place them in a frame or greenhouse. Seed may be sown either' in September or October.

As soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle pritk out into other boxes of good soil and allow to grow on until they attain a height of a few inches, when they may be put out into a permanent bed. Space the plants six inches apart in rows, allow ing 15 to 18 inches between the rows. Keep the plants well watered. When they have become large enough they may be planted into the prepared trenches, which should be from six to nine inches deep" at the time of planting. Give the plants a good watering in the nursery beds before lifting, and to avoid disturbing the.roots unnecessarily lift the plants with a trowel. Water in after planting. Shade for a few days to prevent wilting.