🌱 Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth: 0.5 cm
- Sowing distance: 5 cm in trays
- Germination: 21 °C, 20-30 days
- Planting distance: 50 cm between rows and 40 cm between plants for large tubers
- Plant out when: plant is 8-12 cm high
- Growth cycle: approx. 240 days
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Summer cultivation: Sow under glass mid-March–mid-April; plant outdoors mid-May–mid-June; harvest mid-October–early November.
- Leave in the ground: celeriac can remain in the ground until March, but protect it from frost with fleece or a layer of straw.
Start cultivation (sowing)
Harvesting
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🪟 Summer (under glass → outside)
🏠 Inside
🪟 Greenhouse / conservatory
Outside
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📘 Basic information
- Crop group: Root crop
- Crop family: Apiaceae family
- Height: approx. 45 cm
- Growth cycle: approx. 240 days
- Frost resistant: light (taste improves after a night of frost)
- Root system: 30-45 cm
- Preferred soil: pH 6.0-7.0
- Fertilization: plenty of compost , cow manure granules and universal fertilizer granules
🌞💧 Pitch & water
Location: ☀️ moderate sun
Watering: 💧💧💧 give lots of water
🤝 Good & Bad Neighbors
Good neighbors
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Bad neighbors
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❗ Dangers & Concerns
- Few known issues noted.
🧺 Harvesting & storing
Celeriac can be harvested before it reaches full size. Ideally, wait until after the first frost: some of the bitter flavor will then be converted into sugar.
When harvesting, use a pitchfork to gently lift the tubers from the ground. Shake as much soil as possible from the roots and remove about 2 cm of the plant.
🍽️ Nutritional value
Per 100 g cooked celeriac (without salt):
- 27 kcal
- 0 g fat
- 6 g carbohydrates
- 1 g protein
- 1 g fiber
- 0 g sugar
- Vitamins: B6 and C
- Other: magnesium , potassium, phosphorus and manganese
