I've started seeds but not sure about its growing needs.
If you like celery like we do you will love it. I've been buying it at my local grocery all winter and it has a full head of leaves like a bouquet of parsley with a large root ball like a beet or rutebaga...4 times the size of a beet.
I've been using it in soups, chowders, salads, slaws. It is firm like a potato. Ugly thing.
Needs peeling but i put the peelings in stock with leek tops and veg chopping that would go into the compost usually but makes a super stock. Made a leek and celery w/ seared salmon chowder last night.
Can be grated or cut into matchsticks. Good raw in salads or cooked. Very nice addition to the garden harvest....
My first year trying to grow so we shall see.
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