From Onions to Cosmos, These Companion Plants Will Help Your Celery Thrive (2024)

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From Onions to Cosmos, These Companion Plants Will Help Your Celery Thrive? ›

Experienced gardeners suggest planting bush beans, cabbage, cauliflower, leeks, onions, spinach, and tomatoes as companion plants for celery. Employ flower power to drive off insects that could harm your garden while attracting beneficial predators, such as parasitic wasps, that devour other harmful garden pests.

Once you've harvested your onions and leeks from your first bed, the next crop in that spot would be cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and so on, for the first seven categories.

Feeding. To boost growth, apply a light dressing of a high nitrogen fertiliser in summer, once the celery plants are established. If growing celery in pots, feed every fortnight with a balanced liquid general fertiliser through the summer.

Water. Good watering is essential to successful celery production. Celery needs at least 1 to 2 inches of water from rainfall or irrigation each week during the growing season. Always soak the soil thoroughly when watering because celery has a small, shallow root system.

Like most vegetables, celery needs fertile, well-amended soil to thrive. Savio recommends spreading 1 to 2 inches each of compost and cow or steer manure, topped with an inch or so coffee grounds — her personal secret sauce for mulching and enriching her garden soil.

Onions make great companion plants for many fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers, including beets, spinach, alliums, brassicas, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, strawberries, potatoes, lettuce, parsnips, carrots, chamomile, parsley, dill, savory, marigolds, and roses.

Bean Family (Legume, Leguminosae): Beans and peas, clover, vetch. These crops enrich the soil and soil builders. Plant these crops before or after any other crop family with one exception–do not plant beans after onions.

Cover cropping during onion growing season: Barley has been used successfully in many regions as a living mulch with onions to reduce soil erosion and protect the onions from wind damage. Rye is also used but may present a risk of injuring onions by chemicals produced through its root system.

Brassicas: Plants like broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower can compete with cucumbers for the same nutrients in the soil. They also attract pests that can damage cucumber plants, such as flea beetles and cabbage worms.

Celery likes a soil that's slightly alkaline with a pH of between 6 and 7. It also likes lots of calcium and magnesium so an application of Dolomite lime (a calcium magnesium carbonate) will add both minerals to your soils. Epsom salts is good for raising magnesium levels.

What do celery plants like? ›

Celery likes six hours of sun a day, but plant it in a place where it will be shaded during the hottest part of the day. Celery requires regular fertilization and plenty of water. Keep the soil evenly moist. Celery does best in soil with a pH between 6.0 and 7.0.

Fish emulsion is an excellent source of organic nutrients and nitrogen that will not burn plants. It is easily absorbed and quickly taken up by the roots of the plants. You can also amend the soil around celery with compost. Feeding your celery allows it to thrive.

Don't plant root crops, such as carrots, parsnips, and potatoes nearby. Celery has a shallow root system that can be damaged when a root crop is harvested. Corn is also not a good choice. It is a heavy feeder and can deplete the soil of the nutrients that celery needs, and the tall plants block too much sunlight.

Don't plant root crops, such as carrots, parsnips, and potatoes nearby. Celery has a shallow root system that can be damaged when a root crop is harvested. Corn is also not a good choice. It is a heavy feeder and can deplete the soil of the nutrients that celery needs, and the tall plants block too much sunlight.

Celery: antagonistic plants

Bad neighbors for celery are potatoes, corn and lettuce.

Fruits: Celery can be paired with fruits such as apples, pears, and raisins. Dressings: Celery can be paired with dressings such as ranch, blue cheese, and vinaigrette. Mayo and Yogurt: Celery can be paired with mayo or yogurt based dressings for a creamy and tangy salad.

Grow celery in the lowest area of your garden. The plants require lots of water, 1.5 inches per week. Make sure to provide plenty of water during the entire growing season, especially during hot, dry weather. If the plants do not get enough water, the stalks will be dry and stringy.