Hydroponic celery

Garland · Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:26 pm

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?
Garland

ElizabethB · Sat Aug 22, 2015 3:58 pm

Hi Garland,

I am bumping your post hoping that someone with hydroponic experience can help you.

Good luck

amrap1956 · Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:03 pm

I'm just started growing 1 celery in dirt and 1 Hydro. Both were the cut ends off a store bought bunch. The dirt one has been in soil for a couple of weeks now. Its under a plant and aquarium light. The Hydro was just started 4 days ago.

: Nothing special done....no fert...just water and light; Celery1.jpg (111.21 KiB) Viewed 8468 times

: Closer View. Still growing. I may try stringing it up.; Celery2.jpg (105.45 KiB) Viewed 8468 times

Ed

amrap1956 · Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:21 pm

: Started from a cutting

Let it go like this for about a week......

: 7 days in plain water; Hydro Celery 3-11-2017.jpg (107.13 KiB) Viewed 8440 times

: Kratky Method with same Nutrient mix as lettuce; Hydro celery Kratky 3-11-17.jpg (89.6 KiB) Viewed 8440 times

rainbowgardener · Sat Mar 11, 2017 3:56 pm

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.