Celery from Scrap in 6 Simple Steps

Want to grow celery? Here is the easiest way in 6 simple steps! 

Step 1 

Buy a head of celery from your grocery store for your instant gratification of a peanut butter and celery snack(Cause I know you want it now.) when chopping leave about 3" of stock at the base for your new plant growth. This is mine after bout 2 weeks of growth.  Once you have chopped your celery stock fill a small tupperware with water and let it sit in the window for around 2 weeks.  Make sure that your celery has at least an inch of water at all times.

Step 2

After you two week wait, it is time to get planting! Here is what you will need.

• a pot about 6in deep (if you are doing container gardening)
• your raised bed or garden
• Dirt and manure mix 
• steer manure
• any garden soil
• I used a bit of vermiculite for drainage only because my steer manure was very saturated

For the lack of a raised bed at the moment I have decided to plant my two celery starts in biodegradable pots.

Step 3

Throw some dirt in your pot...

 Step 4

Put your leafy celery stock in the pot…

Step 5

Cover and pack with dirt leaving a 1/4 in to an inch of stock above the soil….

Step 6

Now you have your very own potted celery plant!

MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ALL OF THE STEPS!

• WATER WATER WATER!
• THESE PLANTS HAVE BEEN IN ONLY WATER FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS OF THEIR LIVES THEY ARE GOING TO NEED WATERED EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK. THEN GRADUALLY LET UP ON THE WATERING AND YOU WILL BE EATING HOMEGROWN CELERY IN A MATTER OF WEEKS! 

Happy growing from the Green Thumb Gal!