Topic: Banana shallots

[Robert_Brenchley]

I found something similar in the market recently. I'm just waiting to see whether they split, go to seed or what.

[Paulines7]

I have two nets of them bought from Lidl and was hoping to plant them with the intention that they would multiply.  I am not sure what to do with them now.   :-\   

Perhaps I should eat one lot and try planting the others.  Do you think if I plant them with just the tops showing that there would be more chance of them splitting?

[djbrenton]

I only just push them in  enough that they can root.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I plant anything like these well down so the roots can't push them back up! They'll do what they want to do, and we'll just have to be patient!

[Paulines7]

Just an update on the Lidl banana shallots that I planted this year.  Only one of them went to seed and the remainder produced 3 or 4 new ones. 

Not very prolific then but better than nothing.   :D

[realfood]

All mine failed to grow.

[galina]

All mine failed to grow.

Sorry to hear that.  I had the same on my first attempt.  Someone suggested that they might have been sprayed to prevent sprouting.  I then washed the next batch very carefully several times and got them to sprout.  Now they produce seed and multiply into 2 to 4 new onions.

The best size I get from seeds, but only one bulb per seed obviously.  It would be nice to get them to split into more bulbs and larger bulbs, but I understand they are commercially grown from seed.