this growing video is brought to you by urban cultivator makers of the most advanced indoor growing appliance for commercial or residential use be a part of the zero mile diet and start growing your own today with urban cultivator hi everybody today we're going to be planting chives in the urban cultivator chives are the smallest variety of edible onion and have a really nice delicate light but delicious flavor let's get started I have a tray half full of pre-moistened soil and 2 tablespoons of seed so you want to spread this out nice and evenly over this surface perfect now grab your precip did Saul pack them in nice and tight get a good dusting so once that's done give it a nice little pat-down make sure everything's nice and even now take the humidity dome and place it on top of the tray make sure that the vents on top are closed that's really important I like to keep the humid edom on for about two to three days or until you start seeing some sprouts grow let's put it in the cultivator if you haven't already check out our growing overview video for detailed information on soil preparation watering lighting and more let's go into the watering menu and set your watering schedule for once every four days now you simply have to start the growing process by giving the flat and initial water by selecting water now on your urban cultivator commercial or manual water on your urban cultivator residential here's a fun fact about chives some cultures use chives and fortune-telling rituals while others hang them in their houses to ward off evil I use them in my eggs chives fully mature around the two week mark and you can use them up to about four or five weeks you may notice earlier on though that your chives start to droop or fall over a little bit that's totally fine just take that small section out and it'll leave room for the rest of the greens to flourish if you haven't already check out our troubleshooting video for tips and other growing solutions chives are high in vitamin C folic acid and potassium therefore they should be routinely added to recipes to help really boost the nutritional value of your dish but they're also great if you want to add any light onion flavor to any dish so I hope you had fun growing with us today at urban cultivator and remember if you have any questions please don't hesitate to call us toll free any time thanks for being part of the zero mile diet