It is general knowledge that you can pretty much consume the edible portion of any fruit and vegetable and then take it whether it's a seed or the base of the plant, grow some roots on it and stick the sucker in the ground. Well this post is about my experiment with CELERY that I purchased at the local grocery store. Here is what I did.
1.) I ate all the stalks of the celery, and cut just the bottom off.
2.) I placed it in a bowl of water for 5 days, then I changed the water and waited another 4 days. By this time you should see new stalks starting to grow.
Once you see, little white stringy roots growing from the bottom, then it is time to take it out to the garden or a container filled with soil and plant it. Your soil should be a good mix of black earth and compost. I have had great success with sheep manure compost.
This picture below is my celery after 10 days of being planted in my garden.
This picture is my celery with more that I had started, after 3 weeks.
I hope this post encourages you to get out there and give it a try too. If not don't just throw it away, COMPOST it.
Happy Trails
My parents live in Florida.
They've been planting Pineapple tops behind their house for years and regularly harvest the fresh fruit that grows from the tops. When they can beat the Raccoons & Possums to them.
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Didnt know this! But I do know that if you grow cabbage and harvest the head, leave the remaining part in the ground and it will grow a bunch of little cabbages that look like brussel sprouts. Resteemed and upvoted
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Really, I did not know that about cabbage. Gotta love this community and the sharing of knowledge with like minded folks. Thanks you so much. I have cabbage growing right now, for my cabbage rolls that I make and freeze for winter. I will certainly be trying this.
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My mother-in-law is Polish and I grow the cabbage, she makes the stuffed cabbage rolls. Good trade i think! And yes, this community is fabulous. I'm really enjoying learning from yall and sharing too!
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Nice! I tried once and it didn't grow too well. Yours did very well. ;)
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This was not my first attempt. I had failure too. But we try and try again. The trick I found was that you had to change the water every 3-4 days with room temp water, and you just have to wait it out for the little white roots to grow. In some cases, it can take up to 2 weeks. It will take longer if it is not placed in the sun. Hope that helps
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Yeah I had the indoor pot thing OK grow, but the outside didn't work out I guess hehe.
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too much water and a high ph of soil will create an unsuccessful plant. Just give it another go. Let me know how it all works out. Next post will be the tomato
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wow you did a great job, my mother is so into these she would love to read your story
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How cool! Any celery waste here tends to go into the pig trough or compost pile, but I think I will give this a try😊
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Amen to that! Bunnies too.
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Splendid experiment! Cool pictures and concept:)
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Thank you , it was fun. Next up, Tomatoes, stay tuned.
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I will give this a try. Thanks for sharing.
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I did this last year with several and planted them in the garden then let them go to seed. I am kicking myself now because I had forgot about that and the seedlings look a LOT like feverfew seedlings, that I also have coming up everywhere, so I think I may have been pulling both of them up! ARGH! I am sure there are still more out there though, so I think I am good! haha
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Awesome! Still have a few spots in the garden left, we will definitely be doing this. Wife loves celery. Thanks again.
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