Celeriac Seed Prinz
Apium graveolens var rapaceum 'Prinz'
- Grown for its celery flavour, this is an extremely versatile vegetable.
- Vigorous in habit with a high resistance to bolting.
Supplied as a packet of approximately 75 seeds.
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Description
This root vegetable is not actually a root at all but a swollen stem!
Grown for its celery flavour, it is extremely versatile and can be grated and eaten raw in salads, cooked as a hot vegetable or used in soups. Our favourite use is as a pasta substitute - cut into thin slices and parboil before using as an alternative to sheets of pasta when making a lasagne. The leaves can also be used as an alternative to celery or as a garnish.
Vigorous in habit and very slow to bolt, this variety stores well too.
- Sow under protection in trays or pots mid February - April.
- Transplant into module trays or small pots when large enough to handle and grow on under protection.
- Plant out when fully hardened off and the risk of frost has passed; plant out 12" (30 cm) apart in rows 18" (45 cm) apart.
- At this stage the young plants are very sensitive to cold weather which can cause premature bolting so delay planting if necessary.
- Remove any sideshoots as they form.
- From midsummer onwards remove a few lower leaves to expose the crown.
- Can be lifted and eaten as soon as it reaches tennis ball size or left to grow on.
- In late September earth up the swollen stem to blanch it and keep the flesh white.
- Harvest from late September until early October. Can be lifted and stored in a cool dry place if you wish but is better left in the ground and harvested as required (unless your soil is particularly poorly drained).
- If overwintering in the ground cover with straw or compost to protect against frost.
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