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Garlic Chives
75-85 days to harvest
Perennial to Zone 4
Allium tuberosum
HEIRLOOM Mmmmm! The deliciousness of garlic with the ease of chives? Yes, please! We love to snip these fragrant leaves just outside our kitchen door, savoring their abundance from snowmelt in spring ’til they’re deep in snow again. Hardy to Zone 4, Garlic Chives bloom in early summer just like chives and we enjoy their white blossoms as much as their tender leaves in salad, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs and so much more.
Garlic chives’ sulfurous compounds both in leaf and flower deter pest insects, making them an excellent companion plant.
Organic Garlic Chives
Planting Method: Transplant Only
When to sow: As early as ~4 weeks before last frost indoors and as late as mid-summer to establish without much harvest in year 1.
Seed Depth: 1/8 inch
Days to Germination: 7-14 at 55-70°F
Sowing and seedling care: 2 seeds/cell thinned to the strongest 1 Harden off seedlings (reduce water & temperature 3-7 days) & transplant after last frost. Mulch reduces weed & watering pressure in both gardens & containers.
Transplant Notes: Spacing: 10-12 inches Full Sun
Days to Harvest: 60 days to flower; 80 days to seed.
Height: 1 foot
Harvest: The sweetest, most tender chives are in spring before they flower.
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