What is organic garlic chives?
Organic garlic chives are a tasty, healthy and versatile herb. It is also known as Chinese chives or Chinese leeks. It has beautiful grass green, long flat stems and it flowers with small white flowers. It has a nice garlic-like flavour, but it does not taste as strong as garlic. Organic garlic chives have several medicinal uses. Organic Garlic Chives are diuretic and stimulate the appetite and digestion. It has similar effects as its cousin Garlic, but with a milder taste. Organic Garlic Chives are also used in the kitchen with eggs, cheese, pork, shrimps, potatoes, butter and in all kinds of soups. Organic Garlic Chives are also widely used in sauces, stews, stir-fries, oven dishes, soups, salads and in herb butter. Organic garlic chives are also added as flavouring to rice and noodle dishes. It is a very popular and much used herb in Asian cuisines. In countries like Japan and China, not only the leaf stems are used in various dishes, but also the stems with the flowers and even the root tubers. To prevent loss of flavour, the leaves of organic garlic chives should be added to recipes at the last minute and not cooked along with the food. This does not apply to the flower stems with the unopened flower buds. These are prepared and eaten as a vegetable in Asia. The stems are then steamed or stir-fried together with other ingredients as a (side) dish. Fresh organic garlic chives have a much better taste than dried organic garlic chives. So organic garlic chives are used in many different ways. Organic garlic chives are perennials. The leaves die back during the winter, but sprout again the following spring.
Using organic garlic chives
Organic garlic chives are native to China. Nowadays it is grown in many countries.
1. Organic garlic chives have several medicinal applications. It is diuretic and stimulates appetite and digestion.
2. Organic garlic chives are widely used in Asian cuisines.
3. Organic garlic chives are also called Chinese chives and Chinese leeks.
4. Organic garlic chives taste best when used fresh. It can be dried, but this will lose a lot of flavour.
5. Organic Garlic Chives are delicious with pork, prawns, eggs, cheese, potatoes, butter and in soups.
6. Organic Garlic Chives are a hardy, perennial and easy to grow and maintain herb plant.
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Indoor sowing: March - April
Outdoor sowing: May - September
Germination: 10 - 14 days
Germinationtemp.: 18 - 20°C
Sowing depth: 4 - 6 mm
Plant spacing: 45 cm
Planting position: Warm and sunny
Days till harvest: 120 - 130
Sow indoors from the beginning of March. Sow in seperate pots or seedtrays filled with moist potting soil. Sow the seeds shallow and sparsely and divide the seeds. Don't sow the seeds to close together. Cover the seeds with a very thin layer of soil. Keep moist and warm. The seeds germinate in 2 - 3 weeks. Put the pots or trays with seeds approx. 1 month outdoors with shelter against wind and rain, when the seeds don't germinate in a couple of weeks. The cold will help with the germination. Take the pots or trays indoors after 1 month to germinate. Put the seedlings outdoors on a sunny plot with some shelter against the wind from the first of May.
Sow outdoors from the beginning of May. Sow shallow and press the seeds gently in the soil. Don't sow the seeds very close together. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. The seeds should germinate after approx. 2 - 3 weeks. Thin the seedlings when they're approx. 5 cm in size. Thin to 45 cm apart. Cut the leaves regurlarly to prevent the growing of new and fresh leaves. Remove the flowerstems to encourage new growth. The leaves of this hardy perennial die of in winter. The new leaves start to grow again in the early spring. Harvest the leaves when they're approx. 15 cm in size. Garlic chives can also be grown in large pots.
