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Celeriac

Also known as turnip-rooted celery (en) knob celery (en) celery root (en)

How to sow celeriac: Seed indoors, then transplant outside into soil

Sun requirement for celeriac: Plant in Full Sun

Celeriac is a large root that develops at soil level and looks like a textured turnip. It is topped with curly leaves. Celeriac root has a flavor similar to celery (they are in the same family) and is delicious in soups, stews, and casseroles. Because it is a root vegetable, it can be stored for months.

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Celeriac facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Height × spread

50cm × 60cm

Row Spacing

20cm

How members grow celeriac

Sunniness

Planted from

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Celeriac crops

Photo by d4njam4n via iNaturalist (Copyright d4njam4n)

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Celeriac plantings

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What people are saying about celeriac

Another week, another heap of things planted

by Skud,

I really should've got started on winter planting sooner, I think. Everything in the garden is in a lull right now. Although people near me are still blogging about the last of their crops from summer, all we have still going are some chillis and some basil. Lots of things died…

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Who's planted celeriac

lauravalentine seed starting rig
mrsbrown Front yard · Melbourne, Australia
Skud Thornbury mini-greenhouses · Ballarat, Victoria,...

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Apium graveolens var. rapaceum L., (Miller) Gaudin

Family / Taxonomy	Magnoliopsida Rosidae Apiales Umbelliferae
Optimal temperature	15 - 25 °C
Absolute temperature	7 - 26 °C
Killing temperature	growth: -5 °C, rest: -5 °C
Optimal rainfall	1000 - 1200 mm/year
Absolute rainfall	700 - 1700 mm/year
Optimal soil pH	6.0 - 6.8
Absolute soil pH	5.3 - 8.3
Crop cycle	80 - 270 days
Life form	herb
Life span	annual, biennial
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, acaulescent (or rosette plants)
Optimal soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture	medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility	high
Optimal soil drainage	well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light	very bright to cloudy skies

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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