Can I leave Celery in the ground for a while yet?

As I mentioned months back,I had a bit of an accident sowing Celery seeds (the seed resembles dust!) the whole lot came out in a oner and with the resulting very good germination (beginners luck) I have grown gargantuan amounts . Despite Celery being on the menu A LOT i still have maybe 50 plants that are now some size. I am intending to freeze the remainder and make soup with it during the winter but have failed miserable to eat down the big chest freezer contents enough to accommodate it all. Can I leave some of it in situ for a while yet? We will no doubt be getting frosts very soon (near last night) but wondered if this is not a good idea? I know the plants themselves are tender and will be killed by frost but wondered how long the plants once frosted would remain edible? Have a feeling the answer may be not long so may have to set up a stall at the side of the road and give the excess away.

 

Are they trenched up @silu ?
You can leave them in the ground if they are

 

They will die and turn to mush.

 

Oh hell's teeth and damnation. No they are not trenched up @Zigs, they are the self blanching variety. I feared exactly what @Scrungee describes. Omg I think what I'll have to do is process as much as I can in my food processor to get the bulk down to as small as possible to go in the freezer and offer what's left to anybody and everybody I know

 

Celery Wine

 

Trust you @Zigs to come up with a boozy idea. God it sounds revolting. Right then who has tried brewing this? If this "premier cru" is good I wonder why I have never heard of it having been not averse to sampling plenty of different beverages in my time. I can't say the thought of drinking Celery tasting wine is something I had always wanted to try.Unless I can be persuaded otherwise I think I'll give the thumbs down to your idea, get the family to eat vast quantities of food out of the freezer over the next month and prey we don't have a frost in the meantime.

 

Supposed to be pale green and insipid rather than actually revolting.

 

Just like i like my Women then

 

You been taking them out boat fishing?