Growing potted chives at home: with this trick they sprout in three days and you harvest in ten, more than you can eat

There are plenty of vegetables suitable for growing on a balcony, especially chives, which tolerate cold and heat and are very easy to grow. Plant them once, and for several years afterward you can keep eating fresh chives you grew yourself, so it is well worth growing a few pots on a balcony.How do you grow potted chives so they grow fast, grow vigorously, grow strong, and can be harvested often?

1. You can grow chives from seed,or you can use chive roots. If sowing seed, you can do it in spring or autumn. First soak fresh, unexpired chive seeds in warm water for about ten hours. Then sow.

When sowing potted chives, if you want fast sprouting, water thoroughly after sowing and cover with a layer of plastic film to keep in warmth and moisture, and the seedlings will come up plentiful and even.

If you feel the sown seedlings are growing too slowly, here is a trick: when they reach about ten-plus cm, pull all the seedlings out and transplant them again, planting five or six per hole with 10 cm spacing. After transplanting this way, the chives grow evenly and thick.

2. Growing chives directly from chive rootsis faster, simple and quick. Prepare fresh, healthy chive roots. Those about two years old are better. Chive roots that are too old are not so good.

Prepare a rectangular flower pot, or a round pot, as long as it has drainage holes it is fine. The soil is flexible too, and soil dug from outside can be used. But put in plenty of base fertilizer; for example, cooked soybeans, decomposed chicken manure fertilizer, plant ash and other organic fertilizers are all fine.

Dig a few small holes, and plant about five in each hollow in the potting soil, with about 5 cm spacing. Do not bury all of the stems with soil; leave a section of the white stem above the roots exposed outside, so it is easier for them to grow out of the soil surface.

At the current temperature, they sprout three days after planting and can grow this tall.

When they reach four or five cm, water promptly and give one top dressing, using decomposed soybean cake, and water thoroughly after fertilizing.

As long as there is sunlight and water, you can harvest after about ten-plus days from planting. The growth is very good, and the leaves are broad and thick.

Seeing the lush green chives in the flower pot on the balcony, full of vitality, your mood will be much better too.

And they taste great. They work for dumplings, scrambled eggs, and soup.

Remember that after every harvest, you should fertilize again promptly.

Whether it is plant ash, or fertile leaf mold, or decomposed animal manure, all are fine.

After growing them for two or three years, dig them out again, replace the soil with fertilized soil and replant, and you can keep growing them for several more years and harvest for a long time.