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    chives , the next step

    Planted chives last year and been enjoying them on my breakfast bagel/softcheese since then.
    They flowered this year.
    They are now going "floppy" although some new shoots evident.
    Many seem to have orange marks on the stems, rust I assume, whatever that is.

    What should I do next ?
    1. Leave them as is
    2. Cut them back
    3. Split them


    Suggestions please
    Thanks
    Jimmy
    Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!
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    Cut them back and they will regrow.
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      As has been said, cut them back. If you want to leave the flowers just cut everything but the flower stems, this is what I do. That way I still get the flowers which the bees like and get new growth and fresh chives every couple of days as they grow very fast.

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      • #4
        Cut them back. If you want more you can split them.

        I split some of mine into single chives last year and they've bulked out and multiplied to give a massive patch.

        Last month I split more into single chives along one of my paths underneath the honeyberries, so far they have to split into four chives or more each and by this time next year should form a little chive hedge.

        The less chives in each bunch you split off the quicker they can multiply as those in the middle of a bunch can't really contribute to the spread.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
          Last month I split more into single chives along one of my paths underneath the honeyberries, so far they have to split into four chives or more each and by this time next year should form a little chive hedge.
          I did this in my first garden. They make a really attractive edging to a path, especially when in flower! Single chives planted a few inches apart soon bulk up and join into a continuous band.
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          • #6
            Thanks for the replies.
            I will chop half back now and half in a while.
            Jimmy
            Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!

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            • #7
              I chopped half back and they have regrown to about a foot now so I can chop the other half back.
              The half I chopped back must have seeded because next to them is a patch of little green hairs.
              Looks like a Martians head after a baldness treatment.
              Jimmy
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              • #8
                Thanks for the info,it's now on my do list
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