celeriac stem colours

[Karen]

Hey Charles,

Does your Monarch celeriac have both red stems and green stems?

I have noticed even when the celeriac seedlings were getting bigger in their modules that some have green stems and others have red stems.

Is this normal or do you reckon that the seeds I bought are not consistent to the variety?

[charles]

Those red stems do look like a different variety, which seed company? You definitely did not mix any sowings?!

[Karen]

I only have used one seed packet from this German supplier that sells them in the garden center.

I know I did sow a different variety only much much later and only planted out very recently.

The photos I shot were from my 1st plantings and noticed too in another location that some of them are red-stemmed as well. Very very strange!

I just might have to get my seeds for next year from perhaps a UK supplier.

[charles]

Bingenheim seeds (German supplier!) sell great Monarch and Mars celeriac that I use, very even growth.

[Karen]

That´s right! Completely forgot about them. Thanks Charles. Will order from them. I can only hope that these red-stemmed plants will also turn out to be celeriac. Fingers crossed.

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