When Is the Best Time to Plant Garlic Chives? Detailed Guide to Planting Time and Methods

SummaryGarlic chives planting time: they can be planted year-round, but spring and autumn are best. Garlic chives planting method: choose a plot near a water source with high fertility, and plant by transplanting; you can plant 3 seedlings per hole, with a spacing of 15-20cm between plants. About 7 days after the plants are established, urea can be mixed with water for fertilizing; later, livestock manure, human excreta and urine water, urea, etc. can be used for topdressing, and pesticides should be sprayed regularly during the growth of garlic chives to prevent and control pests and diseases.

I. Planting Time

1. Garlic chives can be planted in spring, autumn and winter. In fact, they can also be planted in summer, but the summer temperature is too high, which leads to a low survival rate as well as poor quality and yield.

2. The most suitable seasons for planting are spring and autumn. In these two seasons, garlic chives grow vigorously, becoming large and tender, and their quality and yield are also relatively good.

II. Plot Selection

Garlic chives have relatively strong adaptability to soil and are more suitable for planting in plots near a water source with strong water retention capacity and high fertility. Garlic chives grown in this kind of soil have relatively strong reproductive capacity, and their color will also look much better.

III. Planting

1. There are two ways to plant garlic chives. They can reproduce sexually and also asexually. Sexual reproduction means sowing selected seeds row by row on a prepared plot to raise seedlings, but this method is basically rarely used in daily life.

2. What is generally commonly used for garlic chives is transplanting, that is, asexual reproduction. During this period, good garlic chive seedlings purchased are planted at suitable intervals, generally 3 seedlings per hole.

IV. Density

1. Garlic chives have relatively strong reproductive capacity. Basically, after they are established, after waiting about 7 days, you will see several new garlic chive seedlings emerging around a hole that originally had only 3 garlic chive seedlings.

2. Moreover, garlic chives will keep reproducing. If they are not harvested in time, they will densely cover the entire plot, but they will all grow relatively thin rather than very thick and sturdy. Therefore, when planting, the suitable spacing between plants is about 15-20cm, and the spacing between rows is about 25-30cm.

V. Fertilization

1. First, apply enough base fertilizer. Second, about 7 days after the plants are established, urea can be mixed with water and used to irrigate the garlic chives, which helps promote the robust growth of the seedlings.

2. Then, after each harvest, topdressing should be carried out according to the growth of the garlic chives and the fertility of the field soil. Generally, livestock manure, human excreta and urine water, urea, etc. can be used for topdressing.

VI. Disease Prevention

1. After garlic chives are planted and established, pesticides need to be sprayed on them regularly. Generally, there will be some leaf-eating insects, or premature aging may occur due to nutritional deficiency caused by insufficient water and nutrients in the field.

2. Therefore, observe the growth of the garlic chives at all times. When pests and diseases are found, spray pesticides in time for prevention and control. Generally, pesticides cannot be sprayed within 15 days before harvest; if pesticides are sprayed, it will affect the quality of the garlic chives.