Gardeners- question re: chives. - Democratic Underground

LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 10:55 AM
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Gardeners- question re: chives.

My chive patch is heinously overgrown and way too tall. Can I just cut it back, or will that harm future growth? Tia.

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Taverner

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Thu Jun-22-06 10:57 AM
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1. You need to trim that chive patch

I prefer kind of a small strip, with small grown, and everything else pruned.

But you could also go for a full pruning as well

:evilgrin:

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 10:59 AM
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2. You are not helpful.

Dare I even mention that they drooped over, and I ran over the ends with the lawnmower, yesterday?:P

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Taverner

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:01 AM
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3. Well see what a good pruning would have done!

And remember, always use long strokes when pruning

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:03 AM
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5. I had no idea you were such an authority on the matter.

What do you know about melons?

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Taverner

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:05 AM
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7. Oh melons need to be massaged on a regular basis

No matter how small or large...regular massaging makes them stay fresh.

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:10 AM
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8. And you can tell if they're ripe...how?

I was always taught to knock on them and note their musky scent.

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Taverner

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:16 AM
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13. A little too intrusive for my likes

I think nothing is a better measure than just burying your face in one and finding out that way

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:18 AM
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15. What if it turns out to be a dud?

Then you're stuck with it. :o

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Taverner

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:28 AM
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17. Ahhh every melon has its advantages

There is no such thing as a bad melon

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bicentennial_baby

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:01 AM
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4. I wouldn't bother....

My patch is monstrous, and no matter what I've done in the past, it always comes right back, huge, falling over, etc...Every summer.

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:04 AM
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6. The aesthetics of it drives me nuts, though!

:crazy:
and Hi! How are you doing, sweetie?!

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bicentennial_baby

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:14 AM
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11. Oh I feel ya....

It's always such a frustration, they look so pretty when they flower and get all tall, but then, whooomp! Down they go! :o

Cut Them back, it shouldn't harm them, I've head the same pastch for 6 years now, and every spring, back they come!

I'm ok, life's never easy, but overall, I'm doing pretty good. How are you sweet lady? :pals:

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:21 AM
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16. I'm decent, thanks.

Having a mini personal crisis-of-purpose, but I'll figure it out. This late-twenties stuff is just...wierdness. Are you keeping busy?

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bicentennial_baby

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:46 AM
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18. Oh tell me about it!

Ah, the late twenties...I'm right there with you....

I'm doing my best, although what's keeping me busy isn't really fun or happy stuff...just stress and conflict, sigh. But, I'm trying my darndest to stay afloat. :)

today, i may go sit in the cemetery and read...dead people keep their issues to themselves, hehe...usually. :P

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Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:11 AM
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9. Cathyclysmic and I are guilty of chiveicide.

All of our chives are dead. :cry:

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:13 AM
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10. GASP!

Is there no end to your macabre gardening antics?!

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Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:14 AM
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12. And then there was the Great Fennel Purge of 2004.

The horror... :scared:

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LaraMN

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Thu Jun-22-06 11:18 AM
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14. Maybe you need to stick to cactus.

There needn't be suffering of countless herbs, for your neglect.

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