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Common Name(s): Celery
Family: Apiaceae
Growth Habit: Func. Annual/Biennial
Invasiveness:
Growing Days: 80 to 160 (days)
Temperature:

Abs.Max=28° (C)	Opt.Max=20° (C)
Opt.Min=10° (C)	Abs.Min=4° (C)

Precipitation: 100 to 130 (cm.)
Winter Minimum: -5° (C)
Soil pH: 5.8 to 7
Soil Texture/Type: Irrigated deep sand or loam
Soil Drainage: Well
Photoperiod Response: Long day
Light Intensity: Bright to clear
Comments:
Plant is a biennial. Must be grown indoors for 3 months before field planting. Needs warm, humid weather.Stalks produced first season. Seeds produced second season.
Diseases:
Pythium, Sclerotinia, Cercospora, Rhizoctonia, Anthrachose, Cephalosporium
Uses:
Food - vegetable, Additive - flavoring, Poison - mammals, Material - essent oils
Woodiness:
Herbaceous
Climate:
Temperate, boreal, subtropical-dry summer, steppe and semi-arid
Geographical Origin:
Widely cultivated
 
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