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Chives in Newfoundland
Returns reliably every spring.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- Not usually needed
- Transplant / sowing
- ~3 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates light frost
- Days to harvest
- 60–90 days
- Sunlight
- Part sun (2–4 hrs) or more
- Spacing
- 20 cm clumps
- Wind
- Handles wind well
- Containers
- Works in containers
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Common or garlic chives
Harvest
Snip as needed.
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