Golden Blanching Celery Packet

Golden Blanching Celery (Apium graveolens) belongs to the Umbelliferae family, characterized by its ribbed stalks that form thick, white, crunchy petioles. While the entire plant boasts a strong flavor, blanching the stalks during cultivation enhances its sweetness and develops a distinctive aroma, making it a great addition to salads and soups.

Best Seasons: Available year-round, though the finest celery is found in autumn and winter.

Types:

• Celery: Features fleshy petioles known as stalks.
• Celery Turnip: Has poorly developed petioles but forms a swollen, fleshy globose root.

General Cultivation Tips for Celery:

• Prefers deep, well-drained soils abundant in organic matter; avoid waterlogging.
• Maintain consistent but moderate watering.
• Grows best in mildly warm conditions; has low frost resistance.
• Multiply by seed in seedbeds, usually in trays for transplanting when 4-5 leaves have formed.
• When transplanting, space rows 50-70 cm apart with plants spaced 20-30 cm.
• For the last month before harvesting, mounding around one-third of the base can create lighter and sweeter stalks.

Golden Blanching Celery: A tall variety with long, meaty stalks, golden-yellow in color. Seed should be sown from February to June, with light shading in mid-summer. Requires fresh, fertile soils, abundant in humus, with rich applications of potassium and nitrogen, particularly during summer.