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.

 

[heirloomgal]

I feel like so many people have some knowledge or experience of horseradish. I have none. I'd never seen it until I bought a small plant this spring and I don't think I've ever tried it. From what people shared about it last time I mentioned it, it seems like an almost weedy plant. I can't tell that yet since I only put mine in in June, but I did choose a spot hemmed in by bricks so it can't spread. I'm excited to harvest roots this spring!

Anyway, the whole point of what I'm getting at here is a neat little video by Bob Flowerdew. He was saying he always wondered why people allowed so much horseradish to grow on the farm he grew up in England and then someone told him, the fiber. He did a demonstration where he soaked a stem with a leaf on the end in a bucket for a month. When he pulled it out of the bucket much of the plant matter had decomposed, leaving behind this wonderful fibre of strings. He showed a thoroughly cleaned stem and my goodness it was a lovely little abundant bundle of blonde fibers suitable for using to tie things up!

I found a link afterward while researching this, so neat!

Horseradish fibres for cordage – Woodland Ways Blog – Bushcraft and Survival

blog.woodland-ways.co.uk