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| Chinese Chives starting to grow - Illinois strain |
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| Chinese Chives 1 year seedlings. Illinois Strain |
Chinese chives are growing. These, along with daffodils, some alliums, and onion chives, are among the first early signs of Spring.
The Illinois strain originates from a small cluster of plants I dug from my parents yard about 10 years ago. I originally planted those when I was a boy, probably more than 45 years ago. Here they have multiplied vegetatively. The cluster is several times larger than originally. I also planted seeds last Spring from flowers late 2012. Those are finer, but growing nicely now too.
The commercial strain of Chinese chive, grown for a vegetable, is more robust. This is all seed grown, through several generations of seeds / plants / seeds / plants. They start growth later than the Illinois strain, but when growing are larger and faster growing. The Illinois strain is more delicate. I've been holding off as many harvests of those, wanting to build up a supply.
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| Chinese Chives. Commercial strain. |
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