I didn`t know it was possable and am skeptical. Has anyone ever done it?
Celery is very difficult to grow from seed or seedling here in zone 4 so wondering if this head start was possable .


Here`s a synopsis from the site:

- "Did you know that you can grow another complete celery stalk from the bottom piece that you cut off and throw away? This is new to me, too, but I have been doing it this year and it works! I use a lot of celery when cooking and I hope to save quite a bit by re-growing it throughout the spring and summer.

When I bring the celery home, I cut the end off first then put the rest into the refrigerator.

I usually set the bottom piece on a saucer of warm water overnight to get it started. Also, because I am usually busy cooking and working in the kitchen when I do this and don’t have time to plant it right away, I think this gives it a head start.

When I have time, I will take that piece and plant it just like it is, in the vegetable garden with the stalk side up. Just dig a small hole, fill it with water and set the end in the hole, then cover it up with an inch or so of soil. Water thoroughly.

It will grow a brand new top to be cut and used. After re-growing celery, you can cut and plant the bottom again for more new growth from the top. I plan to start planting my cut celery bottoms in small pots or trays late next winter so that I have a few dozen to plant out into the vegetable garden in May. I wonder if I can grow it in a sunny window all winter!

Once you have it growing, you can cut it off on an “as needed” basis and just keep it regrowing in the garden or pot.


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Happy growing, juni

Hi Juni,

Yes, I grew celery from the cut off bottom of the entire celery plant. It is the part of the celery that we compost, the part that looks like a rose. I peeled a drop off of the bottom,the hard piece that holds the stalks together and stuck the bottom part in the ground and left some of the stalk above ground. It gave me back an entire celery plant. The taste of the celery was a B+.

I also grew ginger this way, wow was that easy, the ginger was A+. Potatoes too, every eye on an old potato is a new plant, just cut a one inch piece of potato along with the eye, let it dry in the kitchen for two days and plant in, well composted soil. The potatoes were delish.

I am in zone 6-7. With the current winter here, it is probably now a zone 9.I will be looking for wild palm trees in the spring. Happy garden planning to you, dear Juni.

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hey thanks!! I will give it a try and start it in the greenhouse in the