{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "chives",
  "common_name": "Chives",
  "botanical_name": "Allium schoenoprasum",
  "family": "Amaryllidaceae",
  "summary": "Chives are hardy clump-forming perennial herbs that produce hollow onion-flavoured leaves in sun or light shade and respond well to regular harvest and periodic division.",
  "categories": [
    "culinary herb",
    "perennial crop",
    "container crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "clump-forming",
    "self-seeding"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Herbaceous perennial",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 4,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 6
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 6.0,
      "maximum": 7.0
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 5,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 20,
      "plants_per_container": 1
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 15,
      "maximum_cm": 30
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 5,
      "frost_tolerant": true,
      "label": "Sow or plant",
      "note": "Harden off indoor-raised plants; established clumps are hardy"
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "May",
        "October"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-chives",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/herbs/chives/grow-your-own",
      "supports": [
        "identity",
        "types",
        "sowing",
        "spacing",
        "containers",
        "watering",
        "division",
        "flowering",
        "harvest",
        "problems"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umn-growing-chives",
      "publisher": "University of Minnesota Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden/growing-chives",
      "supports": [
        "light",
        "soil_ph",
        "fertility",
        "spacing",
        "watering",
        "division",
        "harvest",
        "storage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "kew-allium-schoenoprasum",
      "publisher": "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew",
      "url": "https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A528823-1",
      "supports": [
        "accepted_name",
        "family",
        "lifecycle"
      ]
    }
  ]
}