I have five pots with chives in them. The problem is that they are so
thin and spindly. Anyone know the reason?
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Squire

I know mine do loads better when I water them till my wife says "thats too
much water, you'll drown them". They appear to be proficient swimmers.

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 14:03:21 -0400, tippy1 wrote:

I have five pots with chives in them. The problem is that they are so
thin and spindly. Anyone know the reason?

Do they ever grow flowers? Pink or white ones?

I have over 30 8" pots outside full of the stuff. I dont know what to
do with them, I've already given one to every neighbor and still 2
dozen to go. They look extremely full, lush, and the past month had a
huge display of violet flowers (the flowers dont smell too good,
unless you like onion ).

What keeps them looking very good is the fact that the roots go past
the pot, and go directly into the soil. You can get an extremely rich
pot of chives in the yard...just let them grow in the same place in
warm weather, then rip the roots out of the ground and bring them in
for the witner (with a drainage dish. )

I also give them a top-dressing of rich topsoil every spring, pull out
the dead dried leaves, and remove weeds. They aren't a whole lot of
work. One more thing, they enjoy sandy soil with some loam.

Dan

dstvns wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 14:03:21 -0400, tippy1 wrote:


I have five pots with chives in them. The problem is that they are so
thin and spindly. Anyone know the reason?


Do they ever grow flowers? Pink or white ones?

I have over 30 8" pots outside full of the stuff. I dont know what to
do with them, I've already given one to every neighbor and still 2
dozen to go. They look extremely full, lush, and the past month had a
huge display of violet flowers (the flowers dont smell too good,
unless you like onion ).
[snip]

Fill a jar with chive flowers, cover with white vinegar and let seep for
a few days. Decant into a fancy bottle, add a couple fresh flowers for
decoration and you have lavender colored chive flavored herb vinegar for
use or gifts.

Lorenzo L. Love
http://home.thegrid.net/~lllove

"We recognize, however dimly, that greater efficiency, ease, and
security may come at a substantial price in freedom, that law and order
can be a doublethink version of oppression, that individual liberties
surrendered for whatever good reason are freedom lost."
Walter Cronkite, in the preface to the 1984 edition of 1984

dstvns wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 14:03:21 -0400, tippy1 wrote:

I have five pots with chives in them. The problem is that they are so
thin and spindly. Anyone know the reason?

Do they ever grow flowers? Pink or white ones?

I have over 30 8" pots outside full of the stuff. I dont know what to
do with them, I've already given one to every neighbor and still 2
dozen to go. They look extremely full, lush, and the past month had a
huge display of violet flowers (the flowers dont smell too good,
unless you like onion ).

What keeps them looking very good is the fact that the roots go past
the pot, and go directly into the soil. You can get an extremely rich
pot of chives in the yard...just let them grow in the same place in
warm weather, then rip the roots out of the ground and bring them in
for the witner (with a drainage dish. )

I also give them a top-dressing of rich topsoil every spring, pull out
the dead dried leaves, and remove weeds. They aren't a whole lot of
work. One more thing, they enjoy sandy soil with some loam.

Dan

I started the seeds this year. The pots have holes in them so the roots
can get to the ground beneath them. Since this is the first year for
them, I haven't seen any flowers yet. I know what
the chives should look like, but these are extremely thin.
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Squire