Growing Chives

Chive can be started indoors or outdoors. The preferred time to plant indoors is during the month of March. Direct sowing in the garden should occur during the months of April or May after your last frost date. Chives need cool soil and don’t germinate well during the summer months.

Plant chives seeds about 1/4-inch deep in the soil. Water well. If you’re planting chive seeds indoors, place the pot in a dark spot in temperatures 60 to 70 F. (15 to 21 C.) until the seeds sprout, then move them into the light. When the chives reach 6 inches, you can transplant them to the garden. If you’re planting the chive seeds outdoors, wait ’till after the last frost to plant the seeds. The seeds may take a little extra time to sprout until the soil warms up.