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10 May 17, Mem (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Hi you wont be able to grow chillies or capicums until mid spring-early summer,you can grow celery,broccoli,cauliflower,leeks,cabbage,spinach,silverbeet and peas without cover through winter provided you're in an area without frequent hard frosts and lettuce,radishes and beetroot etc in the glasshouse.

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19 May 17, David (New Zealand - temperate climate)

My celery is growing quite well in Auckland but is getting this brown fungal problem (I think) - the leaves wither and the stems go brown . Is there any safe spray,etc to use? Thanks David

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22 May 17, John (Australia - temperate climate)

It sounds like a fungal disease. Celery prefers foll sun and good drainage with good air circulation. Fungal problems are exacerbated in wet soils, high humidity and poor airflow. The fungal spores are soil-born so I suggest you try a new bed with good drainage. A lot of rain and high humidity will make this problem worse. Trust this helps.

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22 Aug 17, Eileen Stowers (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Just a query. How is celery grown in NZ. ? When we lived in UK (many years ago) we used to dig a trench and when the celery was showing above the ground it was wrapped in news paper up to the leaves and then increased as the plant grew. This meant that most of the stalks were white and crisp but we find that the NZ celery is stringy and dark green on the outside . Is this to do with the climate or method of cultivating ? Also my father used to empty the soot from the chimney round the plants at a short distance away from the roots. (I know this would not be an option here ) !!!! but maybe there is an alternative.

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17 Jan 19, Mike Logan (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Celery is grown close together to stop the sunlight from reaching the stalks and lower leaves. If it receive lots of sunlight the stalks go green. You can use different ways to stop it as you said happens in UK. If you grow good big celery you pull the outside 10 or so stalks off to expose the lighter coloured stalks.

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05 Oct 17, Daniel (Australia - temperate climate)

thanks

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26 Oct 17, Johnson Yap , Central Phillipunes (Australia - tropical climate)

Can Celery survive in tropical area, particulary here in Central Phillipines

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26 Oct 17, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Celery is more a cool weather crop. If you built a shade house it might work. Say with 30 or 50% shade cloth. Some plants need cool weather to grow but still need sun light also.. Also the weather conditions are important. Like heat waves and very heavy rain down pours. We have had 5" of rain at the start of Oct and then another 12" last week. 17" when the average is 2.5" for Oct. You can only try it to find out.

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29 Jun 18, paul (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

i like to place 100 mil down pipe around my celery as this does two things it helps blanch and keeps the celery tight together

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06 Aug 19, Shane (Australia - temperate climate)

What length do you cut the drain pipe you place around the celery

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