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Chinese chives
Product information
€ 2,19
Reviews
25 reviews
4.7 out of 5 stars
Description
This perennial chive variety has flat leaves that have a nice garlic taste: ideal for salads, but also for hot dishes.
Free delivery from € 30
In the app
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/182492/conversions/yellomato-lvl-01-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 1
sowed indoors
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/175073/conversions/cb-lvl-02-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 2
seedlings visible
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/175085/conversions/CB-lvl-04-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 3
tiny bunch
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/175637/conversions/cb-lvl-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 4
at final place
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/175639/conversions/cb-lvl-11-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 5
small bushes
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/175112/conversions/CB_-lvl-04-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 6
continual harvesting
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/175120/conversions/CB_-lvl-04-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 7
bunch of dry sprigs
![](https://planty-api.s3.amazonaws.com/175125/conversions/CB_-lvl-04-phone_medium_2x.png)
Level 8
first sprouts
Sowing time: sow indoors in March - outdoors from April to August
Height: 25-40 cm
Content: 0.25 grams
Height: 25-40 cm
Content: 0.25 grams
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More about our Chinese chives
Chinese chives - or garlic chives - have flat leaves that taste quite strongly of garlic. Although it takes quite a while to grow decent plants, you can enjoy them year after year.
Species name: Chinese chives
Species name: Chinese chives
Family: onion / root vegetable
Number per square: 4 bunches
Height: 25 to 40 cm
Pre-sowing: in March
Direct sowing outside: from April to August
Sowing depth: 0 cm (on top of the mix)
Germination time: from 18°C in 15 to 30 days
Time to harvest: from 15 weeks
Sunlight: preferably in the sun but can also grow in the shade
Unlike regular chives, the leaves of Chinese chives are flat and somewhat tougher. Additionally, it does not taste like onion but like garlic.
Although it takes quite a while for the seeds to germinate, and you also need to have quite a bit of patience before you can harvest, it is definitely worth the effort. Because afterwards, you can harvest from it every year.
Furthermore, the white flowers are truly beautiful to see: nice enough to put in a vase.
Although it takes quite a while for the seeds to germinate, and you also need to have quite a bit of patience before you can harvest, it is definitely worth the effort. Because afterwards, you can harvest from it every year.
Furthermore, the white flowers are truly beautiful to see: nice enough to put in a vase.
Growing Chinese chive seeds into plants that you can harvest takes quite a long time, especially when done outside.
That's why it's best to start the seedlings indoors in March and move them outside to your garden bed when they are small plants. This way, you can already harvest in the first year.
From April onwards, you can also sow directly outside, but you will only enjoy the harvest the following year.
In winter, the leaves die off completely, but new leaves appear early in spring. This means you can start harvesting again by the end of March.
The step-by-step sowing and growing instructions for Chinese chives can be found in the Makkelijke Moestuin app.
The leaves are delicious in soup, omelettes, stir-fries, and pasta. Just as tasty as garlic, but with a slightly more subtle flavor. Add it at the very end because by cooking it quickly loses the delicious garlic flavor.
Finely chopped, it is also delicious raw in salads, or in a cold garlic sauce or butter.
Finely chopped, it is also delicious raw in salads, or in a cold garlic sauce or butter.
The flowers are also edible, but a bit tougher and less strong in flavor. In China, they often use the flower buds instead: especially in stir-fries or noodle soup.