Sowing Tips: VE-004 Chinese Chives
Seed Sowing Guide
Seedling:
Prepare Baba seedling soil and seedling pots. Fill up the seedling pots with Baba seedling soil, use finger gently make a small hole, put in 6-10 seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil.
Before put in seed, water the seedling soil and make sure it is 100% moist. During seedling stage, put under shaded area and make sure water thoroughly daily. When there is sprout, then move it to area with direct sunlight.
♥♥ Extra Tip: Chinese Chives take longer time to germinate compare with other leafy vegetable, it takes around 10-14 days to germinate.
Transplant:
After around 30 days or when the seedling grows up to around 10cm, the seedling is ready to transplant.
- Ready a suitable size pot. Such as Baba Yasa-I tray, Baba 508 Planter box, Baba 509 Planter box (Minimum depth is 12cm).
- Fill up the planting pot with Baba Yasa-I Soil, and make holes to prepare for transplant. Each holes maintain 10-15cm (or a palm size) distance.
- Before put in seedling, water the soil to make it 100% moist.
- Take out the bunch of seedlings from seedling pots, and put into the hole. Press gently on surrounding soil, to make the seedling stay firm.
Fertilizing:
Put Mr. Ganick 532 Organic Leafy Fertilizer on 7th days after transplant. After that, repeat fertilizing on every week.
Draw a line between vegetables, or dig a small hole beside vegetables, and put in Mr. Ganick 532 Leafy organic leafy fertilizer, cover the fertilizer with a thin layer of soil.
Water after done fertilizing.
Watering:
Moist is important for Chinese chives. Make sure soil always enough moist and water it when needed.
Water thoroughly on every morning is recommended.
Harvest Tips:
Chinese chives are ready to harvest when it grows up to 30cm height or 45 days from transplanting date. When harvesting, maintain 2-3cm of Chinese chives, and cut it.
If the weather nice and nutrient is enough, could enjoy harvest on every 30-45 days.
