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red stemmed celery Red Stemmed Celery

Apium graveolens

A variety of celery

How to sow red stemmed celery: Sow seeds indoors 10-12 weeks before transplanting outdoors

Sun requirement for red stemmed celery: Plant in Full Sun

A very strong-growing celery from an early commercial line that makes multiple heads and gets very large. The stalks stay red, reddest in sun, and are thinner than other celery with a stronger taste. Needs free-draining soil, lots of water, and seaweed and fish fertiliser. Sow as for nutty celery.

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Red stemmed celery facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing red stemmed celery

  1. Sow seeds indoors 10 weeks before planting out
  2. Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
  3. Dig compost into the bed 1 week before planting out
  4. Water deeply at planting out every week
  5. Mulch to hold moisture 2 weeks after planting out
  6. Feed with liquid fertiliser 4 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  7. Pick the outer stalks at first harvest every week

Plant red stemmed celery with

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Apium graveolens L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Rosidae
Apiales
Umbelliferae
Optimal temperature 15 - 21 °C
Absolute temperature 5 - 25 °C
Optimal rainfall 700 - 1300 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 500 - 1500 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 6.8
Absolute soil pH 5.5 - 7.5
Crop cycle 40 - 150 days
Max altitude 2000 m
Life form herb
Life span biennial
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth shallow (20-50 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity medium (4-10 dS/m)
Optimal light cloudy skies to clear skies

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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