It's low in calories, rich in vitamins and flavorful - the versatile celery. Celeriac, celery stalks and cut celery have different growing and harvesting times. The following overview provides precise orientation.
When is celery season?
The celery season varies depending on the type: celeriac can be harvested from August to December, celery stalks from June to October and cut celery has several harvest seasons from June to September. Sowing usually takes place from February to May.
Celeriac
- Sowing: prefer indoors from February to March
- Planting time: celeriac is allowed outdoors after the Ice Saints from the endMay
- Harvest time: August to December
- Storage: frozen or overwintering in the cellar
celery stalks
- Sowing: Celery is grown indoors from February toMarch
- Planting time: from the end of May, when the night frosts are over
- Harvest time: June to October, does not tolerate frost
- Storage: use fresh or freeze sliced
Cut celery
- Sowing: directly into the bed from May, into the cold frame from March
- Harvest: first harvest from the beginning of June, second and third harvest in August and September
- Storage: Leaves can be dried
Tips & Tricks
You can extend the celery season in the garden by covering it with garden fleece (€34.00 on Amazon) or a polytunnel. The vitamin-rich vegetable can withstand temperatures down to minus 5 degrees Celsius.
