I've grown celery for a number of years - mostly successfully - by both ebb and flow hydroponic and dirt techniques. The hydro, howeve, ends up being very thin stemmed. It's tall and healthy looking and tastes good but most of the stalks are little bigger than a pencil. Any comments or suggestions?
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I don't have any experience with hydro. But I grow celery from seed in the ground every year. It grows well, holds up well to cold, heat, drought, etc. BUT I have the same result of getting very narrow stalks and a lot of leaves. It's OK, the leaves are perfectly edible too, and my garden celery is very flavorful. Still I would love to know the secret to growing celery that looks more like the grocery store stuff.