Garlic Chives Microgreens Seeds
Garlic Chives will produce shoots that grow to a mature height of roughly 12 inches tall. Popularly used to flavor potatoes and salads, Chives are not only tasty, but are also attractive as well. Each plant displays white colored flowers atop slender stems / shoots. Flowering much later than traditional Chives, its Garlic twin will bloom within the heat of the summer months. The shoots, once cut will add a slight garlic & onion flavor to any dish that they are added to. The flowers also add a mild onion/garlic flavor and can be used as a garnish.
Buying Garlic Chives Microgreens Seeds for Commercial Production
Recognized as a leading supplier of bulk commercial sprout and microgreens seeds, we are well-positioned to supply you with Garlic Chives seeds. We supply growers globally, and we’d love to have you as a new customer. Call now to get our latest seeds and pricing. We can be reached at (800) 277-7688.
Garlic Chives Microgreens Seeds for Commercial Growers
Garlic chives are a premium crop and a slow one, and that is the whole business case. The microgreens come up as fine dark spears with a clean, distinctly garlic flavor, mild enough to eat raw in quantity and precise enough that a chef can use them as a finishing element on fish, eggs, dumplings or a soup. Nobody substitutes something else for them.
Because the crop takes its time, supply is limited, which keeps the price where it should be. Growers who commit bench space to garlic chives tend to have steady restaurant accounts for exactly that reason.
Growing notes
This is an allium, so expect slow, somewhat uneven germination and a long stay in the tray. Penn State Extension groups the alliums with the crops in the general 7 to 21 day window for microgreen production, and garlic chives sit at the long end. Seed evenly, mist rather than flood, and maintain airflow across the whole cycle rather than only at the start. Do not chase speed with heat; on an allium that trades a few days for a weak, floppy stand.
- Fresh seed, tested by lot. Allium seed loses viability faster than most species in this catalog, so lot age genuinely matters.
- Untreated and grown for food use.
- Germination figure and lot identity with every order, which is worth more on a three week crop than on a three day one.
Food safety and documentation
A long cycle is a long exposure, so controls have to hold throughout. FDA’s framework is in 21 CFR part 112, Subpart M. Every lot we offer passes ISS food safety screening before it is sold, and documentation is available for your records and audits.
Selling it
Garlic chives belong on a chef list next to cilantro, carrot and onion. Those four are slow, distinctive and premium, and sold together they justify a delivery run on their own.
Questions about a lot, a germination figure, or which size makes sense for your run? Call us at (800) 277-7688 or send us a note. You will get somebody who has grown this crop, not a call center.
