Planting chives in pots in autumn: one little trick makes them wide, tall and abundant

Many vegetable growers love growing their own food and want to grow a few pots of vegetables themselves, but they don't know what to grow. Xiaoya thinks you should try a pot of chives first, because it really is quite easy: just water occasionally and add a little fertilizer, no bug problems, and no careful tending needed. Plant once and you can harvest many times.

If you have free time on weekends or in your daily life, why not grow a few pots of chives on the balcony? The leaves are lush and green, as attractive as any flower or foliage plant, and you can also pick them to cook with. The process is simple and fun. Potted chives are really easy to grow. How do you grow chives in a pot, and how do you make them grow vigorously, tall and plump?

Plant chives in pots in autumn, use one little trick, and the chives grow wide, tall and lush green!

There are two ways to grow chives at home, and both are especially easy:

The sowing method: prepare fresh, unexpired seeds, soak them in clean water for four or five hours. Pre-sprouting will make them germinate faster. That means the paper towel sprouting method: wrap them in a wet paper towel, open it every day and spray a little water, and once you see the seeds showing a white root, you can plant them in the soil. Planting them after the white root shows makes germination especially fast. Don't worry, although sown chives grow slowly at first, with more fertilizer and more sun later they will grow very fast.

The other method is simpler, more convenient and faster. Use chive roots directly to plant. Prepare a slightly larger, deeper pot, because chives have a well-developed and fairly extensive root system. The key to growing chives well is to apply plenty of base fertilizer. Whether it's chicken manure fertilizer, seed cake fertilizer or leaf mold, the richer the better.

You don't need much soil to cover them. Water thoroughly and place them in a ventilated spot with sunlight, and they will sprout in just over ten days.

Once they reach a height of over twenty cm, you can harvest and eat them. One gardening friend's chives grow especially lushly, and he used this clever trick:

With plant ash and chicken manure fertilizer as the base fertilizer, they can grow to a height of forty cm. Before harvesting, water once more with fertilizer water. After harvesting, they grow especially fast. When the chives reach a height of ten cm again, pour fertilizer water once more, and they grow lush green, with wide, large leaves and especially vigorous growth. In twenty days you can eat them again.

When growing chives, after each harvest just add a bit of fertilizer. They are especially easy to grow, and you can eat them many times. Growing them for four or five years is no problem. Xiaoya planted two pots on the terrace a year ago, and is still eating them recently. They are growing well.