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OK, I am too lazy to go search for it
, but when can/do you plant shallots ?
Sort of could I do it now for a row of them ?
, but when can/do you plant shallots ?Sort of could I do it now for a row of them ?
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The "Growing Guides" on here are really quite informative - you can find the tab just under the main title banner.
However, I've provided the link below because you admitted you were lazy.
Growing Shallots | How To Grow | Grow Your OwnLast edited by KevinM67; 30-10-2014, 12:50 PM........because you're thinking of putting the kettle on and making a pot of tea perhaps, you old weirdo. (Veggie Chicken - 25/01/18)
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Careful, Kevin or Kirk will be asking you to plant them for him next
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Kirk you can try zabrune shallots from seed in March have a look at them been grown on allotment diary on you tubeComment
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You're SUPPOSED to plant them in February.............but mine are going in next week as an experiment!
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I put some in a couple of months ago as an experiment & they are going crazy.............that may all change though.Originally posted by Snadger View PostYou're SUPPOSED to plant them in February.............but mine are going in next week as an experiment!sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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When I was a child our next door neighbour always planted his shallots on boxing day.
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I plant in modules early Feb in the greenhouse and outdoors on the plot in March
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
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So it seems from August/September to March is when people have done or tried them.
That is a pretty wide planting time.
VC, planting them was I thought implicit when asking when they should be planted.Careful, Kevin or Kirk will be asking you to plant them for him next
Can I assume that being a moderator of the site and therefore to uphold the site standards and expectations that you are going to travel over and obligue?
At least you do not have to pay to get out of Wales.
Any chance of you tiding the rest of the house while you are over this way?
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Yes but you can get some types that are autumn planting and some that are spring so that's not unreasonable. Plus some people are planting spring types now as an experiment.Originally posted by Kirk View PostSo it seems from August/September to March is when people have done or tried them.
That is a pretty wide planting time.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
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I was always told to plant them on the shortest day and harvest them on the longest. Mine are in now!!!!Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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Sorry Kirk, I don't actually DO anything, I delegateOriginally posted by Kirk View Post
Ask Kevin, he's a very helpful young man
I've had shallots and onions in the ground for weeks and I've just planted some more in seed trays - some saved from this year's crop and some Red Sun that were being sold off cheap as old stock
Set out some Spring planting onion sets today too. If they don't make it through the winter there's plenty of time to plant again in spring
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My experience has been the autumn planted ones didn't thrive where I am (unlike the autumn planted onion sets). Spring planted ones put in in February (once the ground is soft enough to jab a hole) go wild and I get kilos of them So I'm sticking to that...
I tried, I tested, it's tried and tested and I'm getting old so set in me ways..... Oh and grumpy according to my kids.... and wife
I've a bit of ironing needs doing as well if there's people doing the rounds......
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