Home Vegetable Gardening Growing Chives

Chives form the smallest member of the onion family. It is a plant native to Europe, North America and Asia. Chives name is derived from the Latin word that translates into the onion strain. In addition to adding the shallots for soups, stews and, of course, on top of the sour cream, chives to plant gardeners an amazing tool and is, chives have insect repellent can control garden pests.

As you'll see in a moment of chives are easy to add to any garden vegetables home herb garden or just a little push in a pot on your window all year. Here's how you can add and develop great tasting chives to your garden.

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hive seeds are relatively low and therefore should not be planted too deeply in your garden or a pot that will be installed on your windowsill. Just lightly cover the seeds with some soil. Chives that the slightly acidic to neutral soil. To test the ground level you will need to use a test kit available in the soil of any center of the house or garden for a few dollars less than pH. After getting reading, follow the instructions on the package instructions for the test kit to raise or lower the pH of your soil according to their results.

Chives can develop into any full sun or partial shade and need moderate watering, so be sure to keep the soil moist for your chives. If you live in a warmer region of the world, you can harvest green onions all year. Just cut the plants about an inch above the ground. For those in cold weather, if you wait too long chive harvest too can die in colder temperatures. Never before or after one of the family members of the onion with chives in a rotation cycle of the cultures and never allow your chive plants to reach the size where the seeds fall. Your garden could become flooded with the chive plant.

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