A Seed Saver's Garden

[digitS']

Do you start them from seed @digitS'? Or buy starts?

Seed.

I have never seen them as starts in the garden centers.

 

[flowerbug]

Seed.

I have never seen them as starts in the garden centers.

do you use deep cells or ? ...

 

[Decoy1]

I thought to post a LINK to this thread about growing celeriac.

There is no secret to growing them that I know of except that they take a very full season. That means that the sprouting of seed indoors begins very early, like 8 weeks before last frost.

Yes, they can take some chilly weather but I doubt if they are doing much growing after the first frost of Autumn. The post also gives you some idea of the difference here between Fall of 2025 and a more normal 2023. They were harvested a full month later this year.

Steve

I’ve never grown celeriac as beautifully round as those in your link @digitS' but I usually get usable roots.

I just wanted to add though that in my climate I start them rather earlier than eight weeks before the last frost. I start mine in February which is more like 12 weeks before the first frost. Like celery they need a lot of water.

I don’t use deep cells, just ordinary depth. From tiny seedlings they grow very slowly for the first few weeks of their lives.

 

[digitS']

Using the word "beautifully" in the same sentence with celeriac has a touch of humor, @Decoy1 .

Long season crop — patience is a virtue ... as is early care, especially.

Regular 1204 inserts for the flats, @flowerbug . I see that the supply outfits are beginning to call those compact. Well, okay.

 

[flowerbug]

Seed.

I have never seen them as starts in the garden centers.

i've never heard of them until from you when i first came to TEG.

 

[heirloomgal]

I’ve never grown celeriac as beautifully round as those in your link @digitS' but I usually get usable roots.

I just wanted to add though that in my climate I start them rather earlier than eight weeks before the last frost. I start mine in February which is more like 12 weeks before the first frost. Like celery they need a lot of water.

I don’t use deep cells, just ordinary depth. From tiny seedlings they grow very slowly for the first few weeks of their lives.

Have you grown Hamburg parsley roots @Decoy1? Now I'm wondering how to grow those (or if I should) given that they need such an early start and yet dislike transplanting. I feel like my celeriac may have been a bit too hairy, I used another one today and it doesn't seem normal how much I need to both clean off them as well as trim before peeling. May I ask your experience with that? And mine certainly did not get to the baseball size that @digitS' did.