Planting chives on the balcony: how it works

If you don't have your own garden, you can plant chives on the balcony. You don't need a distinctive green thumb for the healthy culinary herbs to thrive.

Plant chives on the balcony - an easy-care culinary herb

The herb grows easily in the pot and you can therefore grow it well on the balcony.

• Find a partially shaded spot on your balcony for your chives. The plant doesn't like too much sun.
• Buy pre-grown chives or use seeds. The pot used should be larger than the one in which the herb is normally sold commercially.
• Use seeds, press the soil in several places with your finger about 2 cm deep, put the seed in and cover it with soil.
• Special soil does not need chives, the normal universal soil is loose and nutritious enough.
• Keep the soil in the herb pot evenly moist. Chives cannot tolerate dry soil or waterlogging.
• You don't need to fertilize the herb.
• Cut the stalks regularly. This measure also prevents the chives from blooming.
• You can harvest chives all year round if you bring it into your home over the winter.
• If you want the herb to overwinter on the balcony, shorten it completely to one or two centimeters. To protect against the cold, cover the pot with a few pine branches and wrap it in bubble wrap.
• If you dry the chives, you have a supply for a long time.

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