Celery belongs to the umbelliferae celery genus one, biennial herbaceous plants. There are two kinds of water celery, dry celery, celery is also called celery, early celery, parsley, parsley, medicine celery, wild coriander and other names, celery has a special aromatic odor, can promote appetite, regulate gastrointestinal and other functions, very popular with consumers. Celery growing period is short, high yield, and high sales price, economic benefits, all regions of the country are planted, most people like to grow and eat slender petiole type of celery, is this celery (Chinese celery). How to raise celery seedlings?

Celery cultivation is generally most of the summer and fall sowing, summer in June-July sowing in October-December can be marketed. Sowing in the fall in August-September, the next year in January-March market. The market period can be up to 6 months, in the southern region, most areas can be planted throughout the year, but generally the most summer and fall sowing, the other seasons are sporadic planting.

Summer and fall temperatures are high, celery seed germination is difficult, in the sowing before the need for seed soaking germination. First put the seeds in cold water to soak 12-14 hours, then wrapped in a wet cloth, placed in a cold place at about 20 ℃ for germination, waiting for the tip of the bud to show when you can sow. If parsley in the fall sowing first soaked in water for 24 hours, then wrapped the seeds with a wet cloth, placed in the refrigerator freezer, 5-10 ℃ for 3-5 days, rinsed once a day, and wait for the seeds to germinate 30% can be sown.

Land preparation; nursery selection in the water convenient, well-drained, shady place to build seedbeds, bed soil requires fertile loose, water retention and fertilizer soil. Each acre of seedbed with 1000 kilograms of well-rotted high-quality farmyard fertilizer, and then turn the soil rake fine leveling, made into a seedbed. Sowing: seeds after treatment of dew white after sowing, per square meter seedbed evenly sown seeds 2-3 grams per acre of field transplanting needs to be sown about 15 grams. After sowing to cover a layer of fertilizer, and watering the bottom of the water, in order to moisturize and cool down the temperature, to promote the emergence of seedlings, to build a shade in the seedbed.

Seedling management: celery seedlings out of the ground should be diligent watering, sunny mornings and evenings should be watered to keep the soil moist, generally seedlings grow 2-3 true leaves, it is necessary to pay attention to even seedlings and weeding, and gradually remove the mulch, so that the seedlings gradually adapted to the outside world environment, celery seedling period is generally 50-60 days. When the seedling height of 10 centimeters, there are 5-6 true leaves can be planted.