Topic: shallot advice neeed please!

[stocko75]

hi i have just bought some shallots and i havent grown them before, do i grow the same as garlic by splitting or just plant the whole bulb,ie as an onion set?  thanks  all !!

[pro7fgf25]

shallots are planted as per onion sets

 you plant them at the required spacing in rows and they then split up them selfs and form
 new bulbs to eat store approx 4 -6 bulbs from one planted.

[stocko75]

cheers darrell,advice appreciated.

[Tee Gee]

This link might help; http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Shallot/Shallots.htm 

[stocko75]

THANKS TEE GEE, all advice taken on board,mucho appreciando x

[PurpleHeather]

There are some very old instructions about growing dating back to times when people could neither read nor write.

Shallots come in  with the following advice

Plant on the shortest day of the year and harvest on the longest.