Hi everyone,
Looks like that I"m going to have to have a go at growing celery,but not next season,planned on what I am going to grow already.But,plans can be changed.
Celery
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Mike Vogel
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For what it's worth, all my celery is now slug-eaten. I have managed to get some worthwhile leafage off the plants, for dips with hummous, but I do feel for those who think that it's just too much trouble for too little yield. Give me celeriac every time, even though both need a lot more watering than Ii've had time to give them this year.
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I too had exactly the same browning of the outside of my celery ( grown for the first time this year) and celeriac - but it is now greening away fine - and no weed killers anywhere around. hm must be something to do with this years conditions as last year my celeriac was monster !
Hi Mike,
To grow Celery without some form of slug control is not worthwhile and this is why I am begining to understand the implications behind Snooky's comments about not being worthwhile to grow celery. Organics!
It has been the policy of the media gardening programmes to be very organic. Well now that there is a variety of slug pellets that have accreditation for organic use. May I suggest that it is about time you make a wise investment and give your plants the protection they deserve. As you have said the slugs had a field-day with your celery this year and they will for ever if you do not make some alterations to your modus operandi.
Organically with Trenching Celery the use of Coal Soot was used to keep the slugs at bay. When they were wrapped prior to earthing-up coal soot was sprinkled into the earthing-up soil. Now, since the clean air act, not very many are allowed to burn coal in their grates so coal soot has become like hen's teeth, rare. Living in the sticks as I do we are still allowed to burn coal and I still have a supply although I haven't burnt coal for some years now.
I stress that it must be pure coal soot and nothing else.
If you cannot lay your hands on coal soot may I suggest that you at least try the new organic slug pellets and this will help you immensely and not only with celery.
JB.
To grow Celery without some form of slug control is not worthwhile and this is why I am begining to understand the implications behind Snooky's comments about not being worthwhile to grow celery. Organics!
It has been the policy of the media gardening programmes to be very organic. Well now that there is a variety of slug pellets that have accreditation for organic use. May I suggest that it is about time you make a wise investment and give your plants the protection they deserve. As you have said the slugs had a field-day with your celery this year and they will for ever if you do not make some alterations to your modus operandi.
Organically with Trenching Celery the use of Coal Soot was used to keep the slugs at bay. When they were wrapped prior to earthing-up coal soot was sprinkled into the earthing-up soil. Now, since the clean air act, not very many are allowed to burn coal in their grates so coal soot has become like hen's teeth, rare. Living in the sticks as I do we are still allowed to burn coal and I still have a supply although I haven't burnt coal for some years now.
I stress that it must be pure coal soot and nothing else.
If you cannot lay your hands on coal soot may I suggest that you at least try the new organic slug pellets and this will help you immensely and not only with celery.
JB.