Did you use seeds from a pack or previous strawberries?

I’ve only grown the alpine strawberry from seed and that was fairly easily, just surface sow and lightly press in. Celery, I believe is too late to start over, try again in late winter, early spring. The trick to celery is never letting the soil dry, but also not overwatering.

Monsanto's seeds failing you?

You could pre-grow the plants in small pods and as soon as they're big enoug plant the whole thing where you like. There are even plastic things for this. https://npub15dccx7yuxu6gs5ak4elylwxzgxucxy6qdm3ztlfmluwfr7n2u9hq4ug5zv.blossom.band/d5a40f19e8a29048cff4420e81b889392dc108aa2a5c5c6d672bf2fe6...

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The celery from nostr:nprofile1qqsdnshz6nx7qg34ln25sd2nk4kk32fvhmnv3a4rvz3kk63xs9r5pqgpz4mhxue69uhkzem8wghxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyxv9ftu took 20 days to germinate Utah celery. I think they like lower than summer temps to germinate. Maybe they are too warm? I’ve never tried a s...