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- Garlic chives for the delicate garlic taste
- Location and substrate
- Pouring and fertilizing
- Harvesting and wintering
- Good neighbors / bad neighbors
- Tips & Tricks
Garlic chives for the delicate garlic taste
Chives garlic, often referred to as Allium tuberosum or Chinese chives, as well as chives, garlic or onions belongs to the leeks. In terms of botany and appearance it is quite similar to the conventional chive (Allium schoenoprasum), but in contrast to this one has a pronounced garlic taste. The leaves are up to 80 centimeters higher and are also wider.
Location and substrate
Cut garlic needs a loose and nutrient-rich soil, which should also be rather moist. You can loosen loamy soil with humus and sand, as the plant tolerates no waterlogging. Otherwise, he feels very well in a sunny to partially shady spot - only full sun and shadows are to be avoided.
Pouring and fertilizing
Always keep the plant moist, but avoid waterlogging. Especially in summer dry periods should also be planted in the garden planted specimens regularly. For fertilization, a biological vegetable fertilizer is recommended, which can be added to the irrigation water every four weeks. Provide the plant additionally with mature compost in spring. In winter, however, is not fertilized.
Harvesting and wintering
Cut garlic is a perennial plant whose aerial parts completely die off in the cold season. However, she drives out quickly the following spring again. If you want to harvest all year round, you should cultivate the chive garlic in the pot and overwinter at about 12 to 18 ° C in a bright place. Planted cut garlic can be harvested from June to October. Cut the stalks a few inches off the ground and if possible, do not harvest the whole plant. As with chives, the flowers and buds in the kitchen can be used.
Good neighbors / bad neighbors
Similar to chives, cut garlic goes very well with cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, carrots and nasturtium. A mixed culture with other leeks (especially leeks) as well as cabbage, beans and peas should be avoided.
Tips & Tricks
Also, the cut garlic is the easiest to multiply by division. For rejuvenation purposes, this should be done approximately every three years. The division takes place either in early spring or in late autumn.