Chives · Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
When to plant chives in Yaroslavl
Main outdoor window
10 Apr - 1 May
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
8 May
In Yaroslavl, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
9 Jun - 9 Jul
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Yaroslavl
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Start indoors
13 Mar - 3 Apr
Eight weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Sow direct
10 Apr - 1 May
Four weeks before your last frost.
Plant
10 Apr - 1 May
Four weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
9 Jun - 9 Jul
Chives through the year
Against the frost risk in Yaroslavl
Why these dates
Sow once and divide every third year. First-year plants are thin; the crop is properly established in year two.
Fully dormant-hardy to -25C. Emerges as soon as soil temperature passes about 5C, often weeks before the last frost.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Chives are timed from 8 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Yaroslavl.
Growing chives in Yaroslavl
When should I plant chives in Yaroslavl?
Aim for 10 Apr - 1 May in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 24 Apr - 15 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will chives be ready to harvest in Yaroslavl?
Expect to start picking around 9 Jun - 9 Jul, based on 60 to 90 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will chives tolerate?
Fully dormant-hardy to -25C. Emerges as soon as soil temperature passes about 5C, often weeks before the last frost.