Richters ProGrowers Info
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Chives
(Allium schoenoprasum, A. tuberosum ) |
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Market
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Products:  (leaf, flower);  (leaf, flower); 
Market size: 24,000 hectares (world), 3,200 ha (North America)
Prospects: prices stable, volume up
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Culture |
Seed density: 750 (A. schoenoprasum), 200-300 (A. tuberosum) seeds/gram
Exposure: full sun
Soil: well-drained, fertile, humus-rich
Crop duration: 3-5 years
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Sowing rate: 2-3 kg/ha (direct), 1 kg/ha (indirect).
Planting: sow direct in field in spring, or sow indirect in plugs 12-16 weeks before field planting. Field must be free of quackgrass otherwise harvests will be contaminated.
Field spacing: 30cm between rows x 10cm within rows.
Yield: fresh leaf 10-20t/ha (years 2-5).
Pests: aphid
Diseases: puccinia rust, downy mildew.
Buyers want: good green colour (dry leaf).
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Sowing rate: 5-20g/1000plants (A. schoenoprasum), 50g/1000plants (A. tuberosum)
Planting: sow 10-15 seeds per plug or pot, or sow same amount direct in pots.
Seeds to saleable plants: 24-30 weeks.
Seeds to finished plugs: 12-16 weeks.
Plugs to saleable plants: 11 weeks.
Pests: aphid, thrip
Diseases: few problems.
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– Dried Production
– Fresh Production
– Oil Production
– Potted Plant Production
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