What should be noted when growing celery?

When growing celery, people often feel their harvest is not ideal, yet they do not know which aspects they did not do well. In fact, as long as you pay attention to these issues when growing celery, the yields everyone produces will basically be similar. Let's take a look below at which points to note you have overlooked!

1. Germination temperature

A low emergence rate naturally harms yield. In fact, most seeds that fail to sprout could originally have sprouted; it is just that growers pursue natural germination and do not take some germination-promoting measures, leading to more failures. The most important thing for promoting germination is temperature. The suitable temperature for celery germination is around 22°C. The lower the temperature, the smaller the chance of sprouting, but the maximum should also not exceed around 28°C. It is recommended to sow earlier, so that before the low nighttime temperatures arrive, you can ensure that most seeds have already had their temperature requirement time satisfied.

2. Be willing to cull

When growing, do not be afraid of trouble. Celery seeds are not worth much, so when growing, replant in time. For celery planted in the same batch, if one group sprouts extremely slowly or the latter does not sprout, then cull them in time. Do not be reluctant when you see they have sprouted a little; such seedlings are very difficult to grow well. The second point is the same when disease is discovered: you must be willing to cull, otherwise waiting for the disease to spread and infect others is the real big problem.

3. Shade and sun protection

It is true that celery needs sunlight, but the season for growing celery is basically a period with overly strong light, so shade and sun protection are needed, especially at the seedling stage. Generally, just pulling up a shade net is enough, and this is even more necessary under continuous strong-light weather, because celery seedlings themselves have poor water retention capacity, and over time they are prone to drying up and dying.

4. Control humidity

Celery needs relatively more water throughout its entire growth cycle, so humidity has a great impact on celery. Humidity here mainly includes two aspects: one is soil humidity, and the other is air humidity. For open-field growing, it is enough to ensure good soil humidity. The soil should preferably visibly appear to be in a moist state, but do not let water accumulate. Air humidity is something to pay more attention to in greenhouses; just regularly turn on watering equipment in the form of misting.

The above are some of the issues to note when growing celery. Celery is planted at relatively high density, so management must be more careful, otherwise problems are likely to occur in batches.