Author Topic: too late for shallots? (Read 2057 times)

pigeonseed · « **on:** April 17, 2007, 17:19:19 »

I only got a small packet of shallots and I love them so much. If I can find any more, am I too late to put them in?

The others went in in March.

katynewbie · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2007, 17:22:18 »

:-\

Hope not, I have acquired some more too! Think we should just get em in, what do we have to lose?!!

;)

cambourne7 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2007, 17:23:49 »

nope i think we have till the end of april to get them in, garden centres are still selling the plugs so i guess were ok...

allaboutliverpool · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2007, 17:26:27 »

No it is not too late. I did not start digging my plot until 17th March last year and put my shallots on about 30th March. See the fantastic results on:-

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_shallots.html

Kea · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2007, 18:34:15 »

I hope not after 2 weeks holiday I came back to find the birds had dug up half my spring planted ones. i had to replant today.

Jeannine · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2007, 18:42:38 »

Well mine went in abouy a month ago, I planted half and John planted half, funny I thought a coupel of weeks later, why are only my half of the bed growing....yep he had planted them upside down, I turned them over and they started they seem just a wee bit behind but not much.XX Jeannine

pigeonseed · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2007, 16:42:37 »

That's good - anyway if it's too late for them to do much, we can just dig them out in summer, store them till next year and try again.

okay all i have to do now is find some in a shop.

mine last year were all so neglected and dry they were about the size of small peas, so I don't think i should use them to sow this year!

norfolklass · « **Reply #7 on:** April 18, 2007, 17:03:36 »

Quote from: pigeonseed on April 18, 2007, 16:42:37

okay all i have to do now is find some in a shop.

if you have any of the cheap shops near to you (Poundland, Pound Stretcher, etc.) they may still have onion and shallot sets for sale, the shops in Norwich do.

Tora · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2007, 17:20:04 »

I've only just planted my shallots (red sun) bacause I had forgotton about them completely!

My local Wilko still has red sun and golden gourmet shallots. :)

allaboutliverpool · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2007, 17:43:18 »

I have just noticed that last years few shallots that remain are starting to sprout, so I am going to try an experiment, plant them and compare the results with the February and October plantings.

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_shallots.html

ruffmeister · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2007, 17:09:01 »

no some will say its too late but i have planted some later than this and they didn fine and turned into beatutiful picklers for the winter, its all good

weedin project · « **Reply #11 on:** April 20, 2007, 11:53:25 »

Bought some ½-price shallot sets yesterday evening at garden centre - for 99p it had to be worth a try. They can go into a spare bit of our onion bed and hope for the best.

Thinking about it, at that price we should have bought more, and kept them in the kitchen for cooking with! ;D

ruffmeister · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2007, 13:12:51 »

what garden centre was it?

jennym · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2007, 13:48:52 »

Definitely not too late for shallots, mine have just gone in.

mikey · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2007, 17:17:14 »

just had some given free, planted em yesterday, last year some went in in mid May and still got a good crop

weedin project · « **Reply #15 on:** April 21, 2007, 19:25:40 »

Ruffmeister
it was Keydell at Horndean

pigeonseed · « **Reply #16 on:** April 21, 2007, 20:34:04 »

I went to morden hall garden centre today which is where i got the other shallots but they all sold out in January, as soon as they'd come in. They said they managed to get a couple of extra packets from somewhere but they sold straight out as well.

maybe i should go into seed shallot production... seems to be more demand than supply.

ruffmeister · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2007, 08:06:23 »

yes popped to wilko and found a huge bag of them so bought another lot.

pigeonseed · « **Reply #18 on:** April 23, 2007, 21:21:20 »

alright now you're just showing off

flossie · « **Reply #19 on:** April 23, 2007, 21:46:56 »

Glad to hear that it is not too late as I don't think that I have planted enough. OH uses them for cooking and gets through tons :'(

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