Celery: 43 good and bad companion plants, spacing

Other names

stalk celery, pascal celery

Botanical name

Apium graveolens var. dulce

Family / Genus

Apiaceae / Apium

Plant category

Leafy Vegetables

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Facts and figures

Light requirements

Sun / partial shade

Nutrient requirements

Medium feeder

Difficulty level

Intermediate

Culture (according to Gertrud Franck)

B - late

Culture (according to Sister C. Weinrich)

Main crop

Growing period

160 days

Row spacing

50 cm

Plant spacing

50 cm

Growth height

40 - 60 cm

Sowing depth

1 cm

Germination temperature (minimum)

15 °C

Germination temperature (optimal)

20 - 22 °C

Germination type

Light

Pre-growing period

90 days

Planting & harvest times of Celery

Direct sowing

Pre-grow

Transplant

Harvest

Direct sowing from Mid April to Late May. Transplant to bed from Mid May to Mid July. Pre-grow about 90 days before transplanting, approximately between Mid February and Mid April. After a growing period of 160 days, harvest can begin around Mid July and continues until Late November.

Sow and plant Celery

Most gardeners start celery indoors and transplant it later. You can sow it directly, but because it needs such a long growing season, that's rarely done.

Good and bad companions of Celery

Very good neighbours

Good neighbours

Bad neighbours

Lollo biando / Lollo rosso

Predecessors and successors of Celery

Good predecessors

Bad predecessors

Sunflower

Very bad predecessors

Good successors

Very bad successors

Crop rotation

What stood on that bed three years ago is hard to recall come spring. grove remembers. Once you have planned with it for a few seasons it knows your beds and warns you as you plant when a growing break is still running. The other way round, grove points you to the spots where Celery fits particularly well right now.

As green manure before Celery, grove suggests Winter rye good for example, provided the crop before it fits as well. As the crop before it, grove suggests Pea good, Bush bean good or Beetroot good. After it come Cucumber good, Broccoli good or Cauliflower good.

Carrot very poor, Parsley very poor, Dill very poor and 6 more plants may only return to the same spot after 4 years. grove still remembers that three years from now.

And as soon as next year is planned, the Garden Fairy looks for the right green manure for the cold season in between all by itself, Phacelia for example. How the Garden Fairy works

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Diseases and pests

Susceptible to

Cucumber mosaic virus

Stem nematode(low susceptibility)

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