Herbs

Abby Reeves

I have these two in one pot, the mint jumped in, and now I need it to jump out, I am going to repot it. Should I wait though till the chives have stopped flowering, to make sure it doesnt go into shock!

Thanks all

Ceres

It'll probably be easier to remove the mint now. If you leave it, the roots will have spread even more and disentangling it from the chives will be a tedious job. The chives may very well go into shock but they should come back nicely.

Dovefromabove

I wouldn't wait.

I'd cut the chives hard back so they're only a couple of inches tall, chop them up and use them in scrambled eggs, omelettes, potato salad - whatever you can think of.  Absolutely delicious.  You can break the flowers up and use them to decorate a green salad too.

Then disentangle the roots of the mint from the roots of the chives.

Repot the chives in fresh compost - if there are quite a few you could probably divide them and make two pots of chives - I find they tend to spread to fill the space available.  They'll soon re-grow and give you lots more chives to eat.

Pot the mint in its own (large) pot.

Or of course, both of them could go in the garden - but for mint I sink a large bottomless pot into the ground, leaving the rim about 3" out of the soil, and plant the mint in that - to keep it under control

Abby Reeves

Heros!

Thanks!

I get on it now!

Ceres

Both plants are very nice in hot potato salad. Cook new potatoes, drain then mix with vinaigrette and add some chopped mint and chives.

Dovefromabove

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I've just made a lovely potato salad with chives and tarragon for our supper

Lyn

I have to cut my chives right back, they have gone rusty!

Watery

You can eat the chives flowers as well.    And they're pretty and bees like them.