I had heard this would work
@GardenGerty (160978)
United States
February 18, 2024 2:46pm CST
I have not had luck with this before, but there is always a first time.
I had the remains of a bunch of celery. I had used a lot of the top, and the body was flopsy and tired.
I plopped it into a glass of water.
It began growing and presented new leaves from the center, but the outside stems grew yucky and slimy, so I stripped them off. Also refreshed the water in the glass.
Yesterday I was potting up house plant cuttings. For fun I checked the bottom of my celery. It had little roots growing out of the calloused bottom, and around the edges.
I did what any aspiring gardener would do, I potted it. This is how it is looking now.
It seems that spring is on the way.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
19 Feb
Yes, it is. I had tried rooting celery in a lid, never worked. I like this. I have planted sprouty potatoes before and gotten a small crop.
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@much2say (56087)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Feb
@GardenGerty Celery in a lid? Yah, the bottom part grew for us too. I've been meaning to plant the sprouty potatoes and sweet potatoes . . . never got around to it.
@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
19 Feb
I am looking forward to planting my celery.
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@celticeagle (168334)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Feb
How fun. I love to watch things grow and help them to root. So interesting to watch them grow.
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@RasmaSandra (80783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Feb
Good luck and hey., you actually grew a celery, Well done,
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
19 Feb
I could harvest and use the leaves right now if I chose to.
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@RasmaSandra (80783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Feb
@GardenGerty I have aloe vera growing in a glass and is full of roots and very green, I will probably get a small pot and eventually plant it, Right now it is doing great as it is,
@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
19 Feb
They really knew how in the former times.
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@Deepizzaguy (104192)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Feb
I am starting to notice that winter is on its way out since the weather has turned a little bit cooler in the last couple of days.
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
19 Feb
Spring will be here before we know it.
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@BarBaraPrz (47676)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Feb
Nice. I just put the ends of my sweet potato in some water (before I nuked the body). I don't know what will happen but if they sprout, I'll have some free sweet potato vines for my planters come warmer weather.
@capirani (2840)
• United States
19 Feb
You can put "tired" wilted celery into a sink full of cold water, but make sure it has been cut from the base first. that way it will soak up the fresh cold water and wake up. I have to do that sometimes if my cut celery wilts from not getting eaten fast enough. When I get celery, sometimes I take too long to take it out of the bag and clean it. So that is when I need to wake it up in the cold water bath. After a couple of hours, it is fresh and as good as new. Then I go on to clean and cut it for snacking on later,
