Sharing Experience and Tips for Growing Garlic Chives on a Balcony

Nowadays, growing vegetables on a balcony has already become a fashion, deeply loved by office workers. Growing garlic chives on a balcony is even the choice of many vegetable-growing enthusiasts; growing garlic chives not only lets you enjoy the foliage, but after cutting one crop it can keep growing again. Compared with growing other vegetables on a balcony, garlic chives are more trouble-free. Here we introduce the growing method for garlic chives.

1. Sowing garlic chives. Generally speaking, garlic chives can be grown in two ways: old roots and sowing, but nowadays old roots are not easy to find in the city, so sowing is the best choice. Garlic chives are generally sown in early March on the lunar calendar and transplanted before the Mid-Autumn Festival. When transplanting, they should be spaced rather thinly, five or six plants per clump. When growing garlic chives, the base fertilizer must be sufficient, and the soil must be loose and fine. Garlic chives are a perennial vegetable; the first crop of the first year is called taijiur (seed chives), which grow as thin as needles and can be regarded as an elegant ornamental plant, and occasionally you can also eat garlic chives as thin as needles, which are very fragrant. 2. Planting garlic chives. After sowing, garlic chives can be transplanted into flower pots after one year, 3 to 5 plants per clump, with absolutely proper spacing, then cover with about 5mm of soil, then water them, and that is enough. The first watering absolutely must soak through; over the next few days you can water according to how dry the soil is, and keeping the soil slightly moist is enough (not too much water, otherwise the roots easily rot). 3. Fertilizing garlic chives. Garlic chives are a vegetable that greatly loves fertilizer. When they grow to 15 cm, some organic fertilizer can be applied appropriately. The fertilizers garlic chives like most are chicken and duck manure, human and livestock manure, and plant ash. But these are hard to come by in the big city. Here I introduce the simplest method: 1. Burn your own peanut shells, waste paper, and twigs in 1 discarded iron basin (children should do this accompanied by their parents, don't start a fire), and you can produce plant ash lime and also turn waste into treasure; of course, you can also directly buy finished plant ash. As for other fertilizers, such as urine and the like, vegetable-growing enthusiasts can consider them on their own, haha. 4. Harvesting garlic chives. Garlic chives are generally cut once every fifteen days, and can be cut about 20 times a year. Cutting garlic chives should be done in the early morning or at dusk, using a sharp knife to cut level with the soil. Garlic chives are relatively drought-tolerant; if the weather is too dry, water in the early morning. Garlic chives have strong tillering ability; newly planted garlic chives can grow to thirty or forty plants per clump in two or three years. If you find the density too high, divide and transplant them in real time. The growing method for garlic chives as a balcony vegetable has already been introduced; everyone might as well try growing some garlic chives on your own balcony. Garlic chives are rich in many nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, vitamin C, folate, B vitamins, carotene, chlorophyll, and dietary fiber, and are a very harmonious and versatile ingredient!