Harvesting tips for perennial and celeriac

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Harvest celery

The harvest season begins in June for Celery. Since it tastes best fresh, it is harvested as required. Here you just cut off the stalks and leave the plant in the bed. This promotes the regrowth of the celery stalks.

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Celery is sensitive to frost. Freezing temperatures make the sticks glassy and inedible. Since the first night frosts usually appear from October, the celery should be harvested by this time.

If you have grown your celery in the bucket, you will put it in the house from October. You can harvest it bit by bit at temperatures between 10 and 20 degrees Celsius.

Harvest celeriac

Anyone interested in growing the celery root has decided, the harvest will start at the end of August. If you want to let your tubers grow, you can leave the celery in the bed longer. The harvest is still possible until December. Slight frosts up to approx. -3 degrees Celsius do not bother celeriac.

After harvest

  • Separate the celery from the tuber
  • can be used as soup greens
  • Separate roots

Storage and freezing

If the celeriac is stored in a cool and dry place, it can be kept for a few months. A tried and tested method is to store it in dry sand.

If the celeriac is to be frozen, it is washed and peeled. Cut into small cubes, it is blanched and then frozen.

Celery is best consumed immediately after harvest. It is also suitable for freezing when washed, sliced ​​and blanched.

Tips & Tricks

In order for the celeriac to keep for several months, the soil must not be washed off under any circumstances. Remnants of the earth are best left dry on the tuber.