Best time to plant celeriac in Low Head
Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
Also called celery root, knob celery, turnip-rooted celery
Sow celeriac in Low Head in Oct to Jan.
Celeriac is a cultivated form of Apium graveolens, the species behind celery, grown for its bulb-like hypocotyl. The white flesh goes into soups or gets shredded into salads, and it stores for months over winter. Its leaves work as a seasoning, while the thin, fibrous stalks see little use.
When to sow in Low Head
Low Head, TAS is in the cool zone. Its months for celeriac apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Low Head
Frost usually arrives in Low Head around mid July and finishes by mid August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid June or as late as early September, 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
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 6mm
- Plant spacing
- 60cm
- Row spacing
- 45cm
- Height
- 50cm
- Germination
- About 21 days
- Time to harvest
- 115 days from sowing
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.