Celery is an unusually tasty and healthy vegetable . Mainly, the food is eaten with a round, conical root. But to take up the cultivation and harvesting of celery root is far from every trucker. Oh very plant picky and exacting to care.
Features of cultivation of root celery
Cultivate the vegetable seedling method. First the seeds are planted in pots in February, and with the advent of spring they are transplanted into the open ground. While the seedlings are at home, the root is cut several times a third.
Useful celery substances are in the root. During growth, the upper leaves of the plant do not touch, so that the vitamins gradually go into the root crop. Before harvesting, remove the side leaves, shoots, rake the ground.
When to remove the root celery from the bed?
Novice vegetable growers often ask a reasonable question: when to dig out the root celery? You should know that the main time of its growth is the end of August - the beginning of September. Until the end of this period, the harvesting of culture should not be thought of. The vegetable will not gain vitamins, it will turn out to be unprepossessing, tasteless.
Cleaning of the celery root is made in October - November, before the coming winter. The plant well tolerates cooling, so it is left in the ground until the first frost. But the real cold should not affect the root crop, otherwise there will be difficulties with storage. If the time has come, when it is allowed to dig the root celery, for this use a fork or simply pull out the vegetable from the ground. Then the green part is cut off under the base. It will turn into a good fertilizer. For this, the tops are left right on the bed.
The dug roots are processed, before they are sent to the storage location. If they are stored in a cellar, then the tops are cut. When stored in a house, root vegetables are washed, piled in a bag and cleaned in a refrigerator. Celery is stored in the department for vegetables, in the freezer it will lose all useful properties.
Knowing when to dig out the root celery, you will be able to observe the optimal terms and keep all the useful properties of this vegetable.