Shallot Growing 2021

Hello Folks

I thought I'd start this thread for people to track/discuss how their shallots perform this year.

I still need to order my Zebrune seeds and was planning sowing in modules sometime in March?

I've never grown onions or shallots from seed, but have some zebrune seeds on order. No idea what to do with them though. I'll jump that fence when they arrive.
I've put some of last year's small red sun shallots in modules of spent compost to wait til the ground is ready. Looked at doing the same for golden gourmet but wasn't too sure about splitting them up. Once split the 'cloves' were fresh and crispy like onions rather than papery and thought they might rot. Not thought of a solution to that one yet.

Zebrune are actually onions but are known as banana shallots. Where as a shallot devides, Zebrune gives a single bulb. Iam also growing them this year. As regards the shallots, never ventured nothing gain.

Zebrune are actually onions but are known as banana shallots. Where as a shallot devides, Zebrune gives a single bulb. Iam also growing them this year. As regards the shallots, nothing ventured nothing gained.

Oh Ok! Thanks Boss

And that's why we join forums, to find out

So you grow onions in addition to zebrune's?

Zebrune are sweet tasting and very nice roasted, I have traditionally got them from the supermarkets but demanding quite high prices now. Mine are just showing in the propagater.

Shallot sets are one of the things that can be planted directly into the soil outdoors in February.

The old adage 'Plant large shallots if you want a bunch of small shallots to grow, and small shallots if you are after one or two large shallots' usually works, but not always.  The logic behind it is that large shallots are usually comprised of a number of shallots in a single corm whereas small shallots rarely make a large bunch of shallots.

I have a few from last year which I may put in if my allotment soil ever becomes workable.

I always put mine out 1 March as mentioned before, no science behind it, just what my grandfather did. I plant about 25/30 sets and only keep the better sized ones.

Shallot sets are one of the things that can be planted directly into the soil outdoors in February.

The old adage 'Plant large shallots if you want a bunch of small shallots to grow, and small shallots if you are after one or two large shallots' usually works, but not always.  The logic behind it is that large shallots are usually comprised of a number of shallots in a single corm whereas small shallots rarely make a large bunch of shallots.

I have a few from last year which I may put in if my allotment soil ever becomes workable.

Well I'm looking forward to seeing peoples updates and results this year

Any luck recording a video Vinny?

Shallot sets are one of the things that can be planted directly into the soil outdoors in February.

The old adage 'Plant large shallots if you want a bunch of small shallots to grow, and small shallots if you are after one or two large shallots' usually works, but not always.  The logic behind it is that large shallots are usually comprised of a number of shallots in a single corm whereas small shallots rarely make a large bunch of shallots.

I have a few from last year which I may put in if my allotment soil ever becomes workable.

Well I'm looking forward to seeing peoples updates and results this year

Any luck recording a video Vinny?

Plot is snowbound just now and went through a phase of being waterlogged then frozen before that.  The one good thing is that when there is a foot of snow my plot is as good as anybodies!

I always put mine out 1 March as mentioned before, no science behind it, just what my grandfather did. I plant about 25/30 sets and only keep the better sized ones.

Funny how we do what our parents/grandparents did!

My dear auld dad always sowed his parsnips in February and planted his shallots.