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powerspade

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Shallots
« on: February 12, 2008, 22:14:20 »
I went out to buy Shallots today, None wilkos in blackwood, merthyr. pontypridd, none in B&Q`s and none in the local garden shops. Just been told in a local Garden shop in pontlottyn that there has been a crop failure due to last years bad weather. Any one else having problems

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 22:40:52 »
Got some in our Wilkinsons and picked some up at Potato day but our lottie shop says there is a real problem with onion sets this year..
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Re: Shallots
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 22:41:44 »
Don't know if you have an Instore up your way, but I saw some in the Barry store today.
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Re: Shallots
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2008, 22:51:12 »
Got mine from Blooms yesterday :)

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2008, 00:37:33 »
I picked mine up in wilkinsons a couple of weeks back but it was the last bag.

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 09:00:03 »
For those in Birmingham, Webb's in Three Shires Oak road, Bearwood have loads.

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 09:04:15 »
hi 5rod here
 lots in b&q if you have one 
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Re: Shallots
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 10:11:26 »
I got mine in Homebase about 3 weeks ago, but they were going fast.

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2008, 14:04:05 »
I saved mine from the pick of last years stock.

Plus I am having a go at growing them from seed this year,never done it that way before!

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2008, 14:33:43 »
Loads left in Stirling, but many seem to be rotting?  weird

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2008, 16:20:50 »
I was in Wilkinson's last Saturday and they had plenty, they've had them for about a month now.

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2008, 19:16:10 »
I went to Wilkos today, and then were shelves full of potatoes, oinions, shollots, everything you could think of

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2008, 19:24:14 »
i have some red shallot seeds if anyone would like to try a few

powerspade

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2008, 22:34:10 »
Wilkos & B&Q up this way all sold out but I have managed to get some at last but not the amount I needed, I only have 2 kilos a friend gave me them this morning. I was really looking for 15kilos as I used a lot of them in cooking

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2008, 22:40:47 »
did you want us to look in ours and post them to you? they did have plenty last week when we got ours

powerspade

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Re: Shallots
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2008, 22:42:29 »
I`m working in Swansea tomorrow hope to get the rest there

 

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