How to grow celery in Kerang
Apium graveolens
Also called stalk celery
Frost in Kerang rules out the arid zone's usual months for celery. Ask the growers at your garden what works locally.
Long, ribbed stalks are the main reason to grow celery, a form of Apium graveolens from the family Apiaceae. They can be eaten raw, simmered in a soup or stew, or put through a juicer. Its strongly aromatic seeds serve as a spice or go into celery salt.
When to sow in Kerang
Kerang, VIC is in the arid zone. The zone also plants in May to Jun, but Kerang's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Kerang
Frost usually arrives in Kerang around late May and finishes by mid September. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early May or as late as mid October, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 6mm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 15cm
- Height
- 40cm
- Germination
- About 21 days
- Time to harvest
- 120 days from sowing
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.