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Growing Celery in pots/containers in home garden(USA)

A very low-calorie plant, celery is very good for health if you are thinking about weight loss. It is easy to grow them in containers with their root bulbs. Don't bother about the opinions of people about the celery growing method even if you are a beginner.

Its nature is biennial but you can consider it annual because of the early harvesting time. Growing celery from seeds has less mortality rate than growing from bulbs. But still, it's not impossible to grow them from bulbs. For that, you need some preparation ahead before sowing them. 

So let's understand these methods of growing celery in containers at home.

Growing celery in the garden

Let's understand how to grow celery in containers either indoors or outdoors. But before the method of growing, I want you to understand their growing conditions and requirements first. 

Growing celery in containers usa

Season of growing and harvesting

In cool climates, you can start celery growing from cuttings either from spring or fall. Even you can grow them indoors during summer for some time in cool climates. The second week of spring and the first week of fall, both are proper growing conditions for celery.

In hot or warm climates, avoid growing celery during spring or summer as it can't handle or tolerate the heat and intense sunlight. Better to grow them from mid-fall when the temperature drops enough to provide cool conditions for celery. 

Celery becomes ready for harvesting in a growing season of 130 to 150 days. This is a general duration of four to five months. If they're feeling stressed then you should harvest them early than that. 

Growing conditions for celery

  • Climate conditions

Cool climate conditions are best for celery growing. It doesn't like heat and higher temperatures. If you still want to grow them in warm climates, then you should better grow the either indoors or inside a greenhouse where you can create cooler conditions for celery bulbs. 

  • Soil type and pH

High quality, well-drained, rich with organic components soil is good enough to grow celery. The soil pH should be 5.9 to 6.8 for celery plants.

  • Sunlight and shade 

In cooler climates, 4 to 6 hours of direct sunlight is good enough for celery plants. Even if sunlight is less intense then you can leave them for 6 to 8 hours either in sunlight. 

They don't like shade for long but if sunlight is too intense and humidity is very less, then partial shade is not bad for 2 to 4 hours in a day. 

  • Irrigation

Irrigation is required only when the soil is getting dry and that happens every 3 to 4 days. Irrigate your celery pots once or twice a week according to the requirement of the soil. 

  • Temperature

In cool regions, a temperature range from 55F to 75F is good to grow celery. If it drops below 50 or increases more than 80F then your plants may get affected by this and the stem may get harder and less juicy. 

  • Humidity

At the time of sowing, humidity should be 20 to 25% outdoors or indoors. Till the time of harvesting, it may get slightly dry or more moisture in the air accordingly. 

Growing celery from cutting bulbs

Instead of growing from seeds, it is always better and faster to grow celery from bulb cuttings. For that, you need to prepare the bottom portion of grocery store celery at home. At first, cut the bottom portion about to 2.5 to 3 inches and separate the stem and leaves of celery. The remaining bottom portion is for growing which is 2.5 to 3 inches big. Before using it, you have to develop it for sowing. 

Remove a few outer green leaves of the bulb. Fill some water in a bowl so that this celery bulb can dip about one inch deep in water. Let it remain in the water for 2 or 3 days. After that, you will see that green leaves are growing from the midsection of the celery bulb and roots start to come up. still, it is not ready for sowing. Change your water every 2 to 3 days and repeat the process for 10 to 12 days further. After 12 days, it will develop enough roots and leave so it becomes ready to harvest in the soil.

Requirements to grow

Tools required

  • Small cultivator tool
  • Harvesting Knife
  • Blade to prepare celery bulbs
  • Kitchen bowl

Material required

  • Garden soil 
  • Vermicompost 
  • Organic rich material
  • Grocery celery 

Selection of containers

The size of the container depends on the number of celery bulbs you are growing. If you have less space then choose a single container for multiple celeries. In this case, for four celery, you need 15x25x20 cubic inches of depth, length, and width respectively. 

If you want to grow one plant in a pot then take the same depth of 15 inches, 12 inches long, and 12 inches wide container for transplantation. 

For celery, you can go with plastic containers as they are lightweight, long-lasting, and easy to shift. 

Steps by step growing celery in the garden

Step 1- Prepare the celery bulbs in water first

To grow celery faster, you need prepared and root-developing celery bulbs to direct sowing in the containers or garden. I mentioned the method of preparing them earlier in this blog. 

Step 2- Prepare the soil mixture for celery bulbs

When your celery starts developing roots and is almost ready for transplantation, prepare a rich soil mixture in containers. For that, you need garden soil, coco-peat, vermicompost, and organic-rich material to mix. Prepare a good soil mixture for celery plants. Fill this soil mixture in the chosen pots for celery.

Step 3- Sowing developed celery bulbs

Be gentle with your celery bulbs. After filling the soil in the pots, sow one inch deep and cover the celery bulbs with the same soil mixture. Spray some water so that the celery can get settled in the containers.

Step 4- Further care of celery bulbs

Irrigate once or twice a week according to soil requirements and don't wet it or don't let it dry for a long time otherwise you will not have a high-quality celery outcome. Don't fertilize again because the soil is rich enough initially but still, if you think plants are not performing well and remain tiny then use vermicompost just sprinkle it in the containers. 

Don't hesitate to provide them with sunlight if you are in cool climates. Even if you are growing them indoors, keep them at least for a couple of hours near windows so that they can get sunlight enough.

Step 5- Harvesting of celery 

After four to five months, celery becomes ready to harvest. Still, it can grow slightly faster in more comfortable growing conditions even in 120 to 130 days. 

Take a harvesting knife to cut them clean from the bottom at the ground level. Wash celery, clean celery, and enjoy. 

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