Learn how to harvest chives to keep these plants lush, healthy, and productive all season long.
Small quantities of chive leaves can be harvested as needed from spring through fall.
Larger quantities of chives can also be harvested by hand or with scissors orgarden pruners.
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To avoid wilted leaves, bring fresh chives indoors immediately after harvesting.
Then pick out any yellow or wilted stems and use the remaining leaves as soon as you might.
When properly stored, chives should stay fresh for about 7 to 14 days.
Or you might let chives bloom to attract pollinators andbeneficial insectsto your herb gardens and eventually harvest chive seeds.
you could preserve a bumper crop of chives by freezing or drying them.
