Growing Chives, also Garden chives

(Best months for growing Chives in USA - Zone 5a regions)

Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 50°F and 86°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: 2 inches apart
Harvest in 7-11 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Carrots, Tomatoes, Parsley, Apples

Grass-like leaves in clumps. Likes full sun but not too dry.

Chives are a perennial but die down in winter. You can dig up a small clump to pot up for indoor use in winter.

Remove flowers to encourage a continuous supply of leaves.

If weeding gets away from you, you can easily distinguish chives from grass because chives have a hollow leaf stem and onion smell.

Use raw in salads or as a mild onion flavour in cooked dishes.

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25 Sep 24, Nicholl (Canada - Zone 4b Temperate Warm Summer climate): Will chives come back the next year if planted in a raised garden bed?
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03 Oct 23, Robert (USA - Zone 7a climate): If I plant in October when will they be ready to harvest and once they die out in the winter will they grow again in the spring?
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08 Oct 23, (USA - Zone 7a climate): They will be ready to harvest 7-11 weeks later, so in December/January The roots are still alive and they will begin new growth next spring.
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04 Nov 12, (USA - Zone 5b climate): How far do you cut the flowers on the chives.
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