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Organic Pink Chinese Celery

"An exceptional celery with a pink heart, offering a balance of delicate flavors and rustic elegance."

$4.49

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Originating from Asian horticultural traditions, Chinese Pink Celery displays its delicate pink hues, offering a spectacle that is both visual and gustatory. Its history is intertwined with that of heirloom varieties, reintroduced today for their authenticity and unique charm.

In the garden, this celery grows with an upright habit and fleshy stalks, combining elegance and sturdiness. Its moderate growth, accompanied by dark green foliage, gives it a discreet yet precious character, ideal for enriching the diversity of an ecological garden.

This delicately flavored vegetable makes its way into the kitchen to reveal its sweet, slightly aniseed flavor, bringing freshness and crunch to summer dishes.

  • Growing climate: Temperate to cool climate
  • Sowing difficulty level: Medium
  • Care required: Regular

Used fresh in salads, soups, and stir-fries, it adds freshness and crunch, with a sweet and slightly aniseed note. Store in the refrigerator wrapped in a damp cloth to maintain its freshness for several days.

Organic Pink Chinese Celery

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor seeding

Germination time

7-20 days

Germination temperature

15° to 20° Celsius

Sowing depth

Surface sowing - without covering the soil

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Seeding in clusters

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 90 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

20 cm

Distance between rows

40 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant that tolerates light shade

Soil texture

Humus-rich soil

Soil moisture

Damp soil

Soil fertility

Plant demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Low acidic pH

Average plant height

40 cm

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