Root celery - medical and useful culture. To grow up root crops, large on weight, not less than 170 - 200 days are required. Therefore very important correctly and in time to start cleaning of root crops that they have gained weight and useful properties.
The root celery grows very long. It is one of cultures which can grow in beds to the latest cold weather. September and October - time of filling roots at celery. Late grades of cabbage and root crops of celery remove the last, in at one time from kitchen garden.
What should be undertaken shortly before cleaning of root crops?
Several weeks prior to harvesting, in September, delete the lower old leaves which concern the earth. They have worked the function of power supply and now can serve as carriers of fungal infections. At this time it is necessary to carry out surely waterings of the soil on beds with celery as right now there is intensive increase of weight of root fruits.
How to define that it is time to start cleaning of celery?
September and October - time of the most intensive growth of mass of valuable fruits and set of vitamins. And therefore you should not hurry with harvesting. Roots of celery are not afraid of easy autumn frosts. Short-term falls of temperature maintain lower than 1...3 wasps of plant without loss of quality of fruits. If frosts essential, higher than 5 OS are predicted, then it is better to remove roots nevertheless.
Time of cleaning of root crops will be prompted by plants: yellowing of leaves, root crops do not increase in the amount of, growth of young leaves (top) stops.
Harvesting and storage
It is not difficult to dig out celery fruits, their most part is over the surface of the soil.
Cutting of leaves and small threadlike roots can be carried out at once. It is important that at cut the heart of young leaves was not damaged, otherwise it will affect safety of root crops. Leaves use for drying as greens in cookery, at preservation, in juice.
Small amount of fruits can be kept in vegetable office of the fridge in plastic bag, previously having washed out roots from the earth and having dried. The celery well remains also in the basement in damp sand, but the top should be held opened in order to avoid rotting.
Small root crops can be used for distillation of young valuable greens in winter time.