Kitchen Garden Forum

I love this veg but have never grown it before. Last year I tried to buy some plug plants online but they'd all sold out and I can't remember where I tried to buy them from. Can anybody recommend a good online supplier? I have only limited space for home germination of various seeds and don't want to risk crop failure at my first attempt.

Primrose

Try these folks at Delfland

http://www.organicplants.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

Mole

Thanks. Am just beginning to feel my sap rising after the nice sunny day we had today so my mind is really turning to veggies again now.

Marshalls do plug plants. Expensive though I think @ £4.95 for 10

www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk
Tel: 01480 443390

Beryl.

Dear Primrose, you probably know this already, but to grow good celeriac you need to keep it really well watered, or the end result is like trying to eat old hessian sacks.

oldherbaceous wrote:Dear Primrose, you probably know this already, but to grow good celeriac you need to keep it really well watered, or the end result is like trying to eat old hessian sacks.

Dear oldherbaceous, during which war was it that you were reduced to eating old hessian sacks.
The Boer War perhaps?
Best wishes, Young Peter.

Tip.

To avoid the 'old Hessian sack' plant in semi shade.
I usually put mine next to the runner beans. I have known some to plant beteween the beans and as they are always well watered the celeriac thrives.

Beryl.

Dear young Peter, it wasn't in war time, it was just before Jethro Tull got things sorted.

oldherbaceous wrote:Dear young Peter, it wasn't in war time, it was just before Jethro Tull got things sorted.

Oh, I've got a couple of their LP's, quite good really.

Hello Primrose, why do you want to buy plug plants? Celeriac is quite easy to grow from seed and jolly side cheaper. I have used the variety "Prinz" (from Suffolk Herbs) for two or three years and they have given very good results. I treat them a bit like tomato or sweet pepper seed, sowing them around the same time and making sure that they are not checked, planting them out under fleece. After that, yes, they need a lot of water and also appreciate an occasional feed (as well as being planted in fairly rich ground). We have just finished our own and I bought a bulb from a supermarket which was horribly woody/hollow, in fact it ended up on the compost heap.

Franchi do some excellent seed. I'm growing theirs for the third year running. Makes a wonderful mash mixed with potatoes,black pepper, butter, an egg and French Mustard.

woodlice seem to find celeriac irresistible; it's perfectly usable but the little chambers full of baby woodlice are a bit off-putting!

anyone got any advice?