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Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/growing-shallots-zw0z1312zsto.aspx
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
I just bought 2 packs of shallots (Shallots Dutch Yellow) from the local nursery. But I cannot remember whether they have cloves like garlic. Here is one I bought. Do I divide this into cloves or just plant the whole thing. I have done a lot of googling and can find good growing suggestions etc, but nothing about whether this set is divided into cloves before planting.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Just plant it as is.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Yes, you plant the whole thing. The shallot will grow babies around it, at least 4, sometimes 5 about an inch from the one you planted.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Thanks for the quick response Camprn and QuiltBea. My bed is ready and waiting to be planted next weekend.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Yolos, go back to page one of this thread to understand why to plant the whole bulb.
http://www.rgbstock.com/cache1uIfP4/users/t/ta/tacluda/300/o7nN9JS.jpg
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Regarding shallots.
Last Oct. I planted a bunch along with some garlic.
With the extreme cold we have had, and for so long I'm wondering is those shallots survived.
Their planted real close to the surface.
I have more on order
Last Oct. I planted a bunch along with some garlic.
With the extreme cold we have had, and for so long I'm wondering is those shallots survived.
Their planted real close to the surface.
I have more on order
jimmy cee
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
I plant my shallots in spring and they do great. Jimmy, keep us informed about how your autumn planted shallots are doing. I hope they make it.
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shallots
Last fall I planted 4 dozen shallots, surprisingly they came through our freezing winter unscathed.
Now some are still in the ground and some are about 1/3rd up out of the MM.
These are seemingly nicely rooted, should I cover the exposed with MM or just let them be ?
Now some are still in the ground and some are about 1/3rd up out of the MM.
These are seemingly nicely rooted, should I cover the exposed with MM or just let them be ?
jimmy cee
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Just leave them be. Shallots are not grown underground.jimmy cee wrote:Last fall I planted 4 dozen shallots, surprisingly they came through our freezing winter unscathed.
Now some are still in the ground and some are about 1/3rd up out of the MM.
These are seemingly nicely rooted, should I cover the exposed with MM or just let them be ?
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
I planted my shallots last Halloween when I planted my garlic. I just noticed today that they have all sprouted. They are so cute!
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
I'm too far north for autumn planting. I plant mine in the springtime.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
I'll be planting mine harvested last fall when the snow disappears.
My harvest.
My harvest.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
This is an interesting thread. I had no idea. I started Shallots from seed in January, and am thinking of planting them any day now, the ground is work able....?right? Next year I am definitely going to plant bulbs...
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Bump, because some of us are getting to the harvest timeframe. Be sure to go to the very first page of the thread.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Garlic, shallots and 3 different onions are planted in this mess.
It all was doing nicely till a storm last night, I removed al scapes yesterday and were they ever delicious.
I dedicated an entire 4x10 bed to them this year.
It all was doing nicely till a storm last night, I removed al scapes yesterday and were they ever delicious.
I dedicated an entire 4x10 bed to them this year.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Kay - I planted my garlic and shallots 3/2/14. Do you plant yours in the fall. My garlic leaves browned and fell over and I pulled the garlic on 6/1/14. The bulbs were puny. My shallots are still going but getting brown on the tips. But the individual bulbs of the shallots do not look anywhere near as large as the shallots I planted.walshevak wrote:I don't think mine are ready yet.
Needed some garlic for dinner and didn't want to drive to the store. Pulled up 1 garlic and it doesn't look too bad. Decided to see what the shallots looked like. Small. Can I save these little ones and replant in the fall?
This is what the bed looks like. Believe I have another month before all is ready.
Kay
The shallots are about the size of your shallots in this picture.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
This is normal. Shallots are biennial. The daughter bulbs next year should be larger.yolos wrote: My shallots are still going but getting brown on the tips. But the individual bulbs of the shallots do not look anywhere near as large as the shallots I planted.
The shallots are about the size of your shallots in this picture.
http://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-6095.pdf
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
yolos wrote:Kay - I planted my garlic and shallots 3/2/14. Do you plant yours in the fall. My garlic leaves browned and fell over and I pulled the garlic on 6/1/14. The bulbs were puny. My shallots are still going but getting brown on the tips. But the individual bulbs of the shallots do not look anywhere near as large as the shallots I planted.walshevak wrote:I don't think mine are ready yet.
Needed some garlic for dinner and didn't want to drive to the store. Pulled up 1 garlic and it doesn't look too bad. Decided to see what the shallots looked like. Small. Can I save these little ones and replant in the fall?
This is what the bed looks like. Believe I have another month before all is ready.
Kay
The shallots are about the size of your shallots in this picture.
This picture was taken May 2012. I planted the garlic and shallots from this crop in Oct of 2012 and got a indifferent crop in 2013. I planted the 2013 crop in Nov and got small garlic again this month. Shallots are still in the ground but the tips are turning brown. All years I put some bone meal on the bed in the spring to encourage root growth. We shall see.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
I always plant my shallots in the spring.
FYI
FYI
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Thanks Cappy. I will try to find your post on green onions and it can have it's own thread outside of the shallots thread.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Things to know about planting shallots.
www.harvesttotable.com/2009/02/how_to_grow_shallots/
www.harvesttotable.com/2009/02/how_to_grow_shallots/
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There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
Shallots and bunching onions are different from each other. Shallots are small, mild onions that are dry.
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=24406
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=24406
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
With the gardener's permission, I wanted to share these photos. She is in central Texas so dates may be different depending on the grow Region or Zone. She spread them on racks in the garage for a couple of weeks for curing. Some of the 5-quart harvest will be diced and dehydrated. The rest will go into a mesh bag for storage.
I have never grown shallots nor cooked with them. But, I thought her photos and explanations were worth sharing.
I have never grown shallots nor cooked with them. But, I thought her photos and explanations were worth sharing.
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Re: Friday's Rookie Topic VI: SHALLOTS
I used to grow shallots. But I never found a variety that would work well in Georgia.
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