Tip of the day: don't discard your celery head
I read about this tip and gave it a try the other day. With a large shop bought celery , I kept its stalk head with few lime green leaves. Put it in a glass with fresh water on the windowsill. After a few days the leaves become darker green and some roots start to form. I then cut the head into 4 parts, pot it up with seeding compost. They are now growing away as 4 individual celery plants!
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Permalink Reply by Jade Hwang on -
Another tip is
add 2-3 sticks of celery to any stew meat/fish dish and it will improve the flavour a great deal. You don't have to eat the celery but just use it the same way as ginger/garlic.
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Permalink Reply by Colin Robinson on -
Here's another tip for those who do grow celery. Don't lift the entire plant when harvesting but cut it off about an inch above ground. It will re-sprout and you'll get a second crop of smaller but perfectly usable stalks.
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Permalink Reply by Jacqueline Harakis on -
Wonderful idea... I really would love to try growing celery, and this is less daunting than seeds/ Thanks for sharing!
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