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I've been out this morning to cut some chives and found that it's been invaded by grass. Now it's impossible to cut a chunk of chives and so did it one by one - not ideal.
Seems that long grass is springing up everywhere, the type with tube like leaves folded over.
Is the only answer to this problem to nuture a new sowing of chives and keep an eye on it better?
Seems that long grass is springing up everywhere, the type with tube like leaves folded over.
Is the only answer to this problem to nuture a new sowing of chives and keep an eye on it better?
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Is the only answer to this problem to nuture a new sowing of chives and keep an eye on it better?
Keep an eye on it better, in its own space, but no need to sow fresh.
Just dig it up, tease the chives from the grass.....or the other way round
....and replant slightly deeper, taking care to water well , not that you usually need to where you are! :rotfl:
If you want to plant seed, get some garlic chives. Nice flowers at a different time from t'other chives, and a different taste too.
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Are you sure it's grass and not baby chives that have germinated in the warm weather?0
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Keep an eye on it better, in its own space, but no need to sow fresh.
Just dig it up, tease the chives from the grass.....or the other way round....and replant slightly deeper, taking care to water well , not that you usually need to where you are! :rotfl:
If you want to plant seed, get some garlic chives. Nice flowers at a different time from t'other chives, and a different taste too.
That's what I thought...
the chives are in a bed a little way from the lawn so I think it's just spread. Got lots of clumps of out of place grass growing. Garlic chives sound perfect!Justagardener wrote: »Are you sure it's grass and not baby chives that have germinated in the warm weather?
No, definitely grass - I tasted it. :rotfl:
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Aside from suggesting you just "moo" and enjoy your new-found diet, keeping the grass from spreading in future is certainly a problem to face up to.
The chives will benefit from being dug up and replanted every so often (2 - 3 years) spread out rather more. Even tiny chives will fatten up in a year. You can grow them in a barrier system: kick the bottom out of a large bucket or flowerpot, and plant them in this. The rim can be just below soil level for tidiness.
You'll get better flavour if you treat them a bit mean, bit of gravel/rubble/junk in with your worst soil, planted in your driest (ha ha ha), sunniest (ditto) spot.
You may find it easiest to tease the roots apart in a bucket of water, or under a running hose. They are quite tough, though.
Out of interest, you can just about survive on a diet of grass... just!0 -
Aside from suggesting you just "moo" and enjoy your new-found diet, keeping the grass from spreading in future is certainly a problem to face up to.
The chives will benefit from being dug up and replanted every so often (2 - 3 years) spread out rather more. Even tiny chives will fatten up in a year. You can grow them in a barrier system: kick the bottom out of a large bucket or flowerpot, and plant them in this. The rim can be just below soil level for tidiness.
You'll get better flavour if you treat them a bit mean, bit of gravel/rubble/junk in with your worst soil, planted in your driest (ha ha ha), sunniest (ditto) spot.
You may find it easiest to tease the roots apart in a bucket of water, or under a running hose. They are quite tough, though.
Out of interest, you can just about survive on a diet of grass... just!
Excellent advice! We've been here two summers now and the chives are well established so it's perhaps best to 'sort them out' now. The soil is often wet and we do get sunshine every third month between the hours of 2.30pm and 2.42pm.
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Just an update about my chives - the blokes I hired to tidy up my garden tidied away the chives too.
I've now planted a new chives plant and a garlic chives too. The garlic chives looked a bit weak to start with but it's perked up now. The soil here is very stony, it's as if a whole load (loads and loads) of small gravel type stones have been mixed in everywhere. It's very difficult to dig a large hole.0
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