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~ CELERY Seed ~ When to sow celery? You need start it going early, under cover, and keep the seeds warm until they germinate - for example in a propagator or in your airing cupboard. 'Full White' Self-blanching Celery A nice white celery. The upright plants are vigorous, and grow on well, needing little or no earthing up to give a nicely blanched & mild-tasting interior. We are always very busy in the gardens, and so we like to grow crops that need the minimum of work to get a good result. So we were very pleased to find this self-blanching variety of celery which really is tender and mild without any attention at all. The one Ben is holding in the picture was not earthed up at all, though we tied it loosely with a bit of hessian twine towards the end, and we think that it has come out really well for so little work! Some people like to pack straw around the plants to enhance the self-blanching effect further. Stands well, ready from October. This variety is actually an Italian strain, but we have found that it does well in the UK. White self-blanching var. Order CeFW - 600 seed £1.49 'Reselected Giant Red' Celery After many years we have found a really good and vigorous red celery to add to our collection. This is a new version of the traditional Giant Red type, bred specially for home gardeners. This deep red celery was bred from several traditional European red and pink varieties by Frank Morton. He let the best plants cross and selected for reddest colour , big size, cold resistance, and best flavour. We don't trench this variety, as we want to enjoy the deep pinky-red stems. As with the Full White, tie up with twine and pack straw around the plants to get the best tight heads for eating raw. Deep red stems, big plants Order CeRR - 400 seed £1.69 Feedback: " I was really surprised about how hardy the "Reselected Giant Red" red celery turned out to be. We live in Artist's valley, about a 3/4 mile off the main road and just high enough to catch every bit of frost and snow. During the snowy weather in January we had a lot of snow, then a bit of a melt, then a hard frost, covering everything with a thick layer of ice, then that got insulated by another thick layer of snow and it then stayed frozen for about three weeks. Conditions that proved too much for most of the chards and really hammering the kales, apart from the black one. I never thought the celery would survive as after the melt it was completely flattened and floppy, but lo, it's recovered, standing up again and still growing!!! Unbelievable!" - Ann Lamot