I noticed my shallots are splitting the soil around them is this normal? I have attached a photo. Do I need to cover them up again?
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If you leave them exposed to the air (and sun, if we get any more!) it helps them to ripen and the skins will dry up a bit.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring
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You can use them straight from the ground but normally you will want them to store for future use too. They are ready to store when they start to dry up naturally. The leaves become like dry straw and you can lift them then and pull the tops off. I keep them in the sort of net you get satsumas in.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring
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i have had red sun shallots in since 24th of feb. i want to use them for pickling should i pull them up and pickle straight away or pull them and leave to dry. 1st time grower aswellmy plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better
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shirl when did you plant them outmy plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better
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If you want large shallots, to use similar to an onion (makes lovely gravy!)........plant SMALL shallots!
If you want small shallots for pickling or the greek dish stifado (my favourite) plant LARGE shallots.
Very easy to grow from your own kept sets from the previous year and you can even have seperate beds of large and small as I do!My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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i made an executive decision and i have pulled up my very disappointing red karmen onions and i am going to pickle them and let the shallots grow a little longer.my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better
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has anyone else had a poor crop from red karmen onion setsmy plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ
hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better
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Although I love red onions I have stopped trying to grow them. They were always small and puny compared to the white ones.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring
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