Best time to plant celeriac in Australia
Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
Also called celery root, knob celery, turnip-rooted celery
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.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoolNot yet checked against a local guide | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| TemperateBroadly matches local guides, with some differences | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| SubtropicalMatches local guides | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No |
| TropicalNot yet checked against a local guide | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | No | No |
| AridNot yet checked against a local guide | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
Good months to sow
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
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.