Celery From Saved Seeds
Above: the bottom middle green plant is actually the celery I regrew last winter, that I let go to Seed this summer, to collect the seeds!
For a few winters now, I have used celery from the store, to regrow from mere cut off bottoms. Once I use the celery for salads, for cooking, making stews, soups, and stocks, etc, I simply take the bottom of the stock, and place root side down, in some water. After a couple of weeks, the inside of the celery bunch begins to regrow more greens and eventually, stalks. After a bit, I transplanted the bunch from water to outside. Eventually, I had enough regrowing growing inside, that I decided to try an experiment. A little Seed Saving!
Below: After growing, and cutting only stalks I needed, I stopped. I let the Celery go to seed, meaning it went dormant, and produced seed. (white pods are clusters of young, immature seed)
Below: today, while cleaning up the herb planters, for winter, I harvested the seed pods of Celery.
Below: In the Bowl, the only bits left are hundreds of tiny Celery Seeds. A few dozen can safely fit on the head of a pin. TINY, TINY, TINY!
And that makes me smile... better for the planet, better for my own family.
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Fun post. I have never grown celery from the leftover bottoms. Very cool. And I love the cycle from seed to plant to harvest to seed. We save a lot of different seeds. Its really rewarding.
easy to do!
I am doing a small bunch now, and will keep doing that, about once a month. I cook wiht a lot of celery, so, that get's used often
That’s cool @bluefinstudios 😊😎 have done that before.
Have a great new week!
Thanks for sharing 👋🏻☀️
Unfortunately, I am not entirely self-sufficient. Not really doing anything about that yet. But reading about your exploits ( i do understand the joy behind discovery) I couldn't help but smile with you. Came in through Dreemport.
Oh, definitely not self sufficient for my family YET, either.
But each day, I work towards getting closer to that
Well my best wishes to you...
It's a step away from perfection!
I am not self-sufficient either...I am a work-in-progress. Taking charge of meals we eat everyday is ensuring that out health is in check. You have really invested so much time in making this Grovid22 project a success. I popped in through dreemport.
Nice one Greg! I love growing my scraps - I love that you took it a step further to harvest the seeds too. Do you plan to grow them outdoors next season, on your windowsill or under the grow lights? Popped in from PYPT - !PIZZA !ALIVE
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