Celeriac
Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors late January to early March, plant out early May to early June, and harvest mid-September to early February.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- late January to early March
- Plant out
- early May to early June
- Harvest
- mid-September to early February
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 30 cm apart, rows 45 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 0 cm
- Ready in
- 100 to 120 days from planting out
- Grows to
- 45 cm
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -8 °C
- Sun
- Copes with some shade
- Crops for
- About 12 weeks
Growing tip
Keep well watered all summer and strip lower leaves in autumn to expose the swelling root.
Neighbours
Grows well with
Roots are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
More roots
Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For celeriac, we used:
Grow celeriac with VegLog
Add celeriac to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
