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Lathom Self Blanching Celery - Apium graveolens

Apium graveolens Lathom Self Blanching
Celery

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Herbaceous vegetable plant, highly aromatic, 50 to 70 cm (20 to 28in) tall, cultivated for its petioles and leaves. This variety is productive and self-blanching. The foliage is compact, vigorous, and pale green with golden highlights. It has broad, fleshy, gutter-shaped ribs (petioles). The sowing period extends from February to the end of May for a harvest 6 to 7 months later.
Ease of cultivation
Beginner
Height at maturity
70 cm
Spread at maturity
25 cm
Soil moisture
Moist soil
Germination time (days)
15 days
Sowing method
Direct sowing, Sowing under cover
Sowing period February to May
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Flowering time July to September
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Description

The 'Lathom Self Blanching' celery is a herbaceous vegetable plant, highly fragrant, reaching a height of 50 to 70 cm (20 to 28in), cultivated for its petioles and leaves. This variety is productive and self-blanching. The foliage is compact, vigorous, and pale green with golden reflections. It has broad, fleshy, gutter-shaped ribs (petioles). The sowing period extends from February to the end of May for a harvest 6 to 7 months later.

Celery is a descendant of a plant called Marsh Ache, native to the Mediterranean. This vegetable plant was not considered a vegetable but a medicinal plant until the Renaissance.

Celery leaves are used as a condiment in soups and stews and to flavour certain sauces and stuffings. Raw, tender, finely sliced ribs can be part of composed salads. Celery has many virtues: anti-rheumatic, delicious, digestive, and remineralising, and contains vitamins and copper, iron, and iodine.

Celery will require a significant supply of well-rotted compost or manure (5 kg per m²) and potassium in the form of, for example, wood ash.

 

Harvest: Celery is harvested by cutting entire plants at ground level as needed. This celery is sensitive to frost.

Storage: Before frosts, from late October, plants are uprooted with their roots, stored in trenches, or kept in a cellar in sand.

The gardener's tip: Celery is particularly demanding regarding water and nutrients. Provide a good mulch to maintain moisture at the base of the plant and a good supply of organic matter.

Harvest

Harvest time August to December
Type of vegetable Leaf vegetable
Vegetable colour green
Size of vegetable Medium
Interest Flavour
Use Cooking

Plant habit

Height at maturity 70 cm
Spread at maturity 25 cm
Growth rate normal

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour medium green
Aromatic? Fragrant foliage when creased

Botanical data

Genus

Apium

Species

graveolens

Cultivar

Lathom Self Blanching

Family

Apiaceae

Other common names

Celery

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Annual / Perennial

Biennial

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Planting and care

Sowing

from February to April

Seeds can be sown on a warm bed, in trays, in a greenhouse, or in a bright and heated room.

From mid-April to the end of May.

Seeds can be sown in a well-exposed location.

The soil or compost must be constantly moist, and the sowing can be covered with several layers of wet newspaper until germination. The growth is very slow at the beginning. The temperature should be above 15°C (59°F). Germination occurs within 12 to 15 days.

Before transplanting, usually in May-June, transplant the young plants once in a nursery when they have three leaves. Space them 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4in) apart in all directions. Take care to remove the tips of the rootlets and the main root. When finally planting, space them 35 cm (14in) apart in all directions.

 

Maintenance

It is essential to hoe and weed regularly to prevent diseases that attack celery, such as mildew or rust. A preventive treatment with a fungicide is effective against fungal diseases.

Watering should be abundant and frequent. A vegetative cover of the soil is beneficial.

Remember to practice a good crop rotation every 3 to 4 years.

Seedlings

Sowing period February to May
Sowing method Direct sowing, Sowing under cover
Germination time (days) 15 days

Care

Soil moisture Wet
Disease resistance Good
Pruning No pruning necessary

Intended location

Type of use Vegetable garden
Hardiness Hardy down to -29°C (USDA zone 5) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Soil light
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Any
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light), 130
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