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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: katynewbie on May 23, 2008, 21:37:56

Title: Chives: Saving seed?
Post by: katynewbie on May 23, 2008, 21:37:56
I have a supermarket pot of chives (sorry!) which is flowering nicely, will I be able to save seeds from it, and if so how?

:-\
Title: Re: Chives: Saving seed?
Post by: PurpleHeather on May 23, 2008, 21:41:47
why bother, chive seeds cost 29p a pack and chives can be separated and repotted.

They come up every year

Cut hard back every June for a fresh crop.
Title: Re: Chives: Saving seed?
Post by: saddad on May 23, 2008, 22:26:43
They reseed easily, I am amazed that people buy them... large pots 50p last weekend must have sold at least twenty!
;D
Title: Re: Chives: Saving seed?
Post by: Eristic on May 23, 2008, 22:39:47
Quotewhy bother, chive seeds cost 29p a pack and chives can be separated and repotted.

Some people like saving their own seed.

One way would be to leave the flowers until they are papery dry, cut them with long stems and store them in a paper bag upside down for a while. Another and easier way is to plunge the pot in a larger tub then next year you hoik out the seedlings at your leisure.
Title: Re: Chives: Saving seed?
Post by: katynewbie on May 24, 2008, 00:30:37
 ;D

Thanks Eristic, am not a cheapskate, just thought it might be fun to do!

;)
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