Friday 25 October 2013

Growing Chives In Pots...

My neighbour happens to love gardening too. Chives seems to be his expertise...LOL Seriously, this guy grows chives like a pro! We're really envious of how beautiful and healthy his chives look in the polystyrene box. It would grow back like crazy after they're harvested. Normally, he would leave like 1 or 2 inches of those chives to grow back. Chives is not hard to grow...well, that is what i've read about chives....but, chives is so hard to grow from seeds. I've tried twice....the first attempt never germinate and the second one managed to germinate only one seed but it died eventually....I've been told by Mr.Google I've read on the internet that it is almost impossible to grow chives from seeds. 

The easiest is to get some seedlings from the nursery or better, from your neighbour like my mom did....:P It was not easy to convince my neighbour's wife, known as Amoi, to give us some rooted cuttings. She insisted on giving the chives instead of the seedlings. But my mom's negotiating skills somehow managed to soften her LOL :P She gave us a bunch of newly harvested chives and some are still with roots for us to grow... and the rest is history....

Thank you, Amoi.....I don't think Amoi is reading my blog....:)


4 days old chives. It's growing back very fast.





“Regardless of geographical region or culture gardening is perhaps the most common and shared experience of Nature.” ― S. Kelley HarrellNature's Gifts Anthology

11 comments:

  1. betul tuh.,.sy ade jgk cuba tanam kuchai nie dgn benih tapi tak tumbuh pun..kalau ngan labu tuh maner lah nakcarik kan..

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    1. Tu la UmmuAidan....2 kali saya try...mula2 igtkan seeds tuh yg tak elok....rupanya mmg tak tumbuh....hopefully yg ni menjadi la mcm chives jiran saya.....tiap hari geram je tgk from tgkp dapur....membuak2 dia tumbuh....:)

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  2. tak cuba lagi ni... as chives is not my favourite vege tak kisahlah... kalau tanam pun untuk suka suka je..

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    1. Saya plak suka ltk dlm cucoq udang,mee goreng n buat sayur dgn taugeh....byk khasiat dia kuchai ni K.Mar....;-)

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  3. mcm k mar jgk la...belum penah tanam lagi kucai ni....kena nk cuba jgk ni..

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  4. Bru je tringin tnm kucai pkai benih..huhu..payah nk tumbuh rupanya...

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    1. Adriana....mmg payah...akak dah try 2 kali....dua2 tak jadi hehehe....lagi senang beli anak kuchai kat nursery....:)

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  5. hi hangkebun, suka kucai kalau dlm cucoq saja ..... cicah pulak kuah kacang. komen tak ikut tema blog ... lariiiii

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  6. mak aji dpt pokok kucai yg dibesarkan dr seeds giveaway saya tempohari. daunnya besaq!

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  7. Good stuff, chives are one my favorite things to grow. They're so versatile in the types of recipes they can be used in, and with limited growing space I really have to maximize the uses for what i grow.

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