When Is the Best Time to Transplant Chives? Transplanting Methods and Timing Explained

SummaryTransplanting methods: Chive transplanting is divided into two types: single-plant planting and clump planting. Single-plant planting means opening a furrow 10-13cm deep according to the suitable row spacing, and evenly placing the chive plants in the furrow at a plant spacing of 1-2cm. Clump planting means that after determining the row spacing and opening the furrow, holes are opened in the furrow at a suitable hole spacing. Transplanting time: late July to early August.

I. Chive Transplanting Methods

1. There are two methods for transplanting chives: single-plant planting and clump planting. Single-plant planting means opening a furrow 10-13cm deep according to the suitable row spacing, and evenly placing the chive plants in the furrow at a plant spacing of 1-2cm.

2. Clump planting means that after determining the row spacing and opening the furrow, holes are opened in the furrow at a suitable hole spacing. Generally, the hole depth is 10-13cm. With a hole spacing of 17-20cm, 30 plants can be planted; with a hole spacing of 7-9cm, 10-15 plants can be planted. Transplanting can be carried out from late July to early August.

II. Precautions for Chive Transplanting

1. Plot selection and land preparation

(1) Chives are afraid of flooding, so they should be planted as much as possible in dry plots with deep soil layers and good drainage and irrigation. The previous crop needs to avoid onion and garlic vegetables, otherwise it is not conducive to the robust growth of chives. Before transplanting chives, the plot should be deep-plowed once, and after leveling the land, beds and bed ridges can be built according to the local climate.

(2) Generally, southern regions can use raised beds for planting, with a suitable bed width of 1-1.5m and a bed surface height of 10-15cm, while northern regions can use flat beds for planting, with a suitable bed width of 1.3-1.5m, a length of 10m, a bed ridge width of 20cm, and a height of 12-15cm. When using small arched sheds for planting, the suitable bed width is 2-2.5m.

2. Fertilization Chives are fertilizer-loving vegetables and have relatively high demand for phosphate fertilizer and nitrogen fertilizer. Therefore, before transplanting, an appropriate amount of human manure fertilizer can be applied, generally 10000kg per mu.

3. Watering

3 days before lifting the seedlings for transplanting, first water lightly once to make seedling lifting easier, and the length of the chives should be controlled at 8-10cm, which helps reduce water evaporation from the leaves and promotes rapid seedling recovery.

4. Reasonable close planting

Generally, a row spacing of 30-35cm can be used, and 8-100000 seedlings can be transplanted per mu. If it is a variety with a relatively upright plant type, such as 791, Jinjiu No. 1, etc., a row spacing of 25-30cm can be used, and 10-120000 plants can be planted per mu.

5. Planting methods

Open-field chives mainly have two planting methods: bed planting and furrow planting. Bed planting can be carried out with a row spacing of 25-30cm and a clump spacing of 7-10cm, with 2-3 plants per clump. Furrow planting can be carried out with a row spacing of 30-35cm and a clump spacing of 4-7cm, with 2-3 plants per clump. The suitable soil covering depth is such that the leaf sheaths are exposed 2-3cm above the topsoil.