Related to garlic and onions Chives are a great plant for the kitchen garden, they small, can be harvested with a pair of scissors (as needed) and do well in pots and containers. They also have pretty little purple flowers if you let them get to that stage without cutting them Growing Chives in the kitchen gardenChives are related to garlic and do best in a humus rich well drained soil in a sunny position. We like to dig in some well rotted compost and manure 3-4 weeks before planting in the garden, in pots we just use a good qaulity mix that is moisture retentive. They grow in full sun, but we like to give them a little shade from the hottest part of the day, seems to keep them nice and tender, and we grow them to eat, not to look at. Remmeber that tese are a little bulb, they can be divided each year and certainly every second year. Keep cutting chives throughout the season. In cold winters they will go underground, but will come back. |
Chive seeds and plants are available to buy online from specilaist herb nurseries listed.
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