Chives can get very old
Many, especially annual and biennial, culinary herbs should be assigned a different place in the garden every year if possible. Not so with the chives. This herb can be used for many years, even decades in one and the same location remain. What many herb lovers do not know: Allium schoenoprasum, like the chives in botanicals Technical language means, is a perennial plant that, with good care, can live to be 20 or even more years old can. Ergo it is not necessary to have chives every year to sow again. On the one hand, because the hardy herb easily survives cold winters and, on the other hand, because existing plants can be multiplied quite easily by dividing them.
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Divide the chives
This is exactly what you should do on a regular basis: share the chives. In this way, on the one hand, you prevent the herb from overgrowing your garden and, on the other hand, you ensure a rejuvenation cure and thus strong, aromatic plants. In addition, the division corresponds to the natural reproduction of the chives, which - like many onion plants - reproduce most easily in this way.
Furthermore, chives should not only be pruned regularly during harvest, otherwise the stalks will quickly turn yellow and inedible. In autumn - preferably before the first frost - cut the stalks down vigorously and cover the planting area with brushwood or leaves to protect the roots from the cold. The plant will sprout again quickly in spring. You should also cut chives by cutting them frequently prevent it from bloomingotherwise it can no longer be used.
Tips & Tricks
Chives have a very high nutritional requirement and should therefore be fertilized regularly. Organic fertilizers are ideal because they do not limit the herb's ability to be consumed - in contrast to some synthetic fertilizers. Fertilize chives therefore preferably with manure, compost or with coffee grounds - but be careful! Coffee grounds are perfect for herbs, but they shouldn't be used too often - they make the soil acidic.
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