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How do I plant the leek is thick and big and there are no pests and diseases
Three key tips for you
The first point is about the soil in which chives are grown
Chinese chives, though, is very adaptable
Like whether it's clay
Sand
Loam
Basically any kind of soil can survive
But to live is to live
It has a lot to do with the soil
The soil is suitable
The roots grow well
The chives have grown its roots
The broad and long chives leaves will grow one after another
Chives are best grown with organic - rich
And moisturizing and fertilizer retention capacity
And well - drained soil
Generally like loam and sandy loam
are all good choices
In addition
Don't plant leeks in alkaline soil
But overly acidic soils are also unsuitable
Things like weak acid and neutral are more appropriate
Between ph 6. 0 - 7. 5 is fine
Now look at the soil in my vegetable bed
It has a ph of 7. 0
The second key technique is topdressing / fertiliser
If you want the chives to grow well
Top dressing is an important factor
But fertilizing chives is not just a casual
Top - dressing all the time
There are tricks of the season and time
For example, I'm in the 10a zone
There's no need to top-fertilize in winter
Because chives grow very slowly in winter
Is in a semi - dormant state
Spring is just getting warmer because of the weather
I'll try to fatten up in the spring
Summer is when chives grow their fastest
I usually fatten two or three times in the summer
Then there's the fall
Before the fall enters the winter
I will fatten the chives once more
In order to prepare for that winter recuperation and nutritional supplement
Then what kind of fertilizer should be used to fertilize the chives
Exactly how to operate it
Now you can see how I do it
Usually top-dressing
I only do it after the chives are harvested
I will cut the chives with a scissors like this
Someone will cut it with a knife
It's totally personal
Harvest the chives
The ground is so bare
If there are weeds
At this time you can pull out the weeds in the way
Attention
This is not the best time to fatten the chives
Because of the wound on the tip of a freshly cut chives
It hasn't healed yet
It's still wet
Fertilizing at this point may cause the pathogen to move through the cut
Into the chives
So it's best to wait two to three days before topdressing
It's been two days now
Look at the chives where the cut has dried
And began to grow new chives leaves
This part is five days after the harvest
It has grown three or four centimeters
Now is the best time for top dressing
If there is any hardening of the soil
The soil around the chives roots can be loosened at this time
So what kind of fertilizer to apply fertilizer to chives is appropriate
The first must be organic fertilizer
There's no hesitation about this
Because we grows our own organic food
The next thing I want to say is
We mainly eat chives leaves
The main fertilizer is the nitrogen fertilizer
In addition, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer
Calcium fertilizer also need to have some
In this way, the roots can develop better
It can also improve the immunity of Chinese chives against diseases and insect pests
So the organic fertilizers that can be used are
The first compost
This compost can be made by itself
Like me, we don't waste kitchen and garden waste
And environmentally friendly
There is no condition to compost
Or buy a bag of fermented ones
A big bag is cheap, too
The second is manure
Like cow and sheep dung
Chicken droppings are fine
But it must have been fermented
You can't just use it without fermentation
The third type
You can buy organic compound fertilizer
A lot of brands like this can be made
This is for vegetable and fruit trees
Organic compound fertilizer is available under different brands
This brand doesn't matter
It's full of natural organic ingredients
Safe nutrition and comprehensive nutrition
It's usually blood, bone, manure
Some also have seaweed and other organic matter fermentation
And this is in the form of powders and granules
It's easy to use
I used to fertilize the Chinese chives with manure and compost
But recently the family has run out of manure
And the compost I made just happened to ferment
It's ready to use
In this compost I put chicken manure from my previous chickens
There are also grass scraps, kitchen waste, dried leaves and so on
It's also nutritionally comprehensive
So this time I used my own compost
And a little organic compound fertilizer
I actually made compost
I know that the ingredients inside have been relatively comprehensive
Compound fertilizer is optional
This time to demonstrate how to use the method
Just a few of them
Mix compost with organic compound fertilizer like this
If you don't compost
Only organic compound fertilizer
In this step, the soil can be mixed with organic fertilizer
The next thing is easy
Just a little bit of it growing
The chives with new leaves will do
Finally, don't forget to pour some water
The chives that have been fattened in this way will grow fast
And thick and long
This is ten days after the fatter chase
Look how tall they've grown
The leaves are also very strong
This is fifteen days after the fatter chase
This is the time to harvest another crop
This top dressing is in the summer
It's when chives are growing fastest
The harvest was only about 20 days after the last harvest
But if it's cold in spring and fall
We can't harvest in such a short time
It will take about a month or so for another harvest
You can harvest more than chives in the summer
Also can harvest chives bolting
Harvesting chives bolting must be in the chives bolting is tender
If wait two more days
The stalk of the chives has hardened
I can't bite it
It's not good taste
It's not picked in time like this
The old ones will blossom
Or already blossomed may not be picked
Stay on
Let them blossom and get the seeds
This can also harvest some Chinese chives seeds
The third key technique
Transplant chives If two points before many people know
So this third trick to make chives grow well
A lot of people don't know
Chives are transplanted every two to three years
This is done by harvesting the chives leaves
Dig out the roots
And plant it somewhere else
Why this should be done
There are three reasons
First, the roots of Chinese chives continued to be planted for several years
It's going to get older
The vigor of growth is not as good as before
This is the time to dig out
Trim the old roots and plant them again
Can facilitate the sending out of new roots
Second, the root system of Chinese chives will be divided into many branches every year
For example, one root becomes two roots
Three
Four
So after a few years of planting in the same place
The roots of the chives will be very dense
It's very crowded
Will affect their nutrient intake
Third
Is to grow the same crop in the same field for years on end
The soil can accumulate a lot of germs and pests
Can cause diseases and insect pests to chives
This is why many friends said
Their leeks have grown well for the first two years
How come so many aphids are suddenly born this year
Grows thinner than before
That's what happened
It's basically telling you that you need a transplant
Normally I'd be in the third year
Remove the chives to another garden bed
These are the ones I transplanted last spring
Then there will be no need to transplant this year
Just transplant it next year
The method is not difficult
Is to harvest the chives leaves
Then use a small shovel to dig out the chives roots
When you dig, you'll find the roots are bigger
Much bigger than two years ago
Some have several chives growing on one root
At this point you can break the root
It's called dichotomy
One becomes many
The chives will grow more and more
In a few years, it's gonna be a big movie
If you want to see what I do
How to transplant
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