Chinese Celery Seeds – Yellow Stem – Heirloom
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Other Common Names: Qin cai, K’an tsoi, kun choi, and seri-na.
How to Grow Yellow Stem Celery
Depending on the climate, Chinese celery has a flexible growing season. It can range from April far into December if winters are mild enough. Provide proper coverage, established plants can last all year long. For a year-long supply at home, sow seeds twice throughout the year. Once in the early spring, and again in the late summer. When growing for sale, sow every 4-6 weeks during the growing season. Sow seeds indoors and selectively transplant the healthiest seedlings outdoors after hardening off.
Growth is slow in the early stages; apply nitrogen-rich fertilizer to speed up growth. Take particular care that the soil never dries out. Celery is a marshland plant in the wild and still carries those wet preferences. In traditional Chinese agriculture, half-grown plants can be buried most of the way in the soil and preserved underground through the winter for an early February harvest.
