Herbs
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: full sun
About the plant
Chives grow wild in Europe, Asia and North America and are hardy. Cut, they grow back many times a season. Like onions and garlic, they contain compounds harmful to cats and dogs.
Chives and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- n-propyl disulfide: vomiting, breakdown of red blood cells (anaemia), blood in the urine, weakness, a fast heart rate, panting
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 2 days in summer (April to September), every 8 in winter
- Light
- full sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 5–28 °C
- On a balcony in winter
- hardy: it stays on the balcony and stands frost down to -25 °C
- Feeding
- April to August, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Cut the leaves low, they grow back. It survives the winter on a balcony and comes back in spring.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.