A pink celery to brighten your soups and salads
This heirloom Asian variety produces plants about 40cm tall with thin pink ribs. Eaten raw, this celery has a crunchy texture and a pronounced taste. When cooked, it becomes more tender and sweet. This variety has a stronger taste than European type green stem celery.
Scientific Name: Apium graveolens
Plant Life Cycle: annual (biennal for seed harvest)
Optimal Germination Temperature: 21-23°C
Germination time in days: 10-20 days
Indicative Days to maturity: 90 Days
Sunlight: Full sun
Soil requirement: well draining and rich
Sowing and cultivation: Sow open, in trays, 8 to 10 weeks before final planting. Cover thinly with compost, tamp lightly then water with a spray so as not to bury the seeds. Transplant out when the plants have 6 to 8 leaves, after the last frosts, 30 cm apart in all directions.
