Planting Kale and Lettuce Where Celery Was

October 2, 2009

in Brooklyn

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Since I harvested all of my celery last week, I had two containers that were empty. I wound up planting kale and lettuce in those containers.

Having the gardening itch and fall already upon us, I had to plant something.

In the one container I had a few celery plants. Some of the roots were still in the soil. When planting the kale, I did my best to plant around the roots.

The other container that had the celery had a single plant in it, but the root was pretty large. The lettuces were planted around the large root.

Not sure if the roots are going to get in the way of the kales and lettuces growing, but worth the shot. What’s the worst that’s going to happen?

Your thoughts on this are welcomed.

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  • dawnkelly
    Did you start the seeds yourself Mike?

    OT but----Hey--- is that a Flip in your hoodie pocket?
  • Mike Lieberman
    Did not start from seeds this first go around. Will likely start some from seed next season.

    Yes, It is a Flip in my pocket.
  • If there are roots in the soil from a previous planting, I usually pull them out, give the soil a re-condition with some compost, put in the new plant and then add the old roots to the compost to break down.
  • Mike Lieberman
    That's what I thought would be best and would likely do next time. Will see what happens this way.
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