Shallot growing trials.

[realfood]

Gardening Which has just published the results of their trials of shallot sets. Generally they got better results with the Spring sown ones with much heavier crops and less trouble with bolting.
For the Autumn planted ones, the best results were from Jermor.

For Spring sown the best were Golden Gourmet, Longor, Micor, Red Sun and Topper.

For seed sown, the best was Banana, followed by Ambition and Prisma.

[realfood]

[saddad]

As I'm having so much trouble with that new fly I haven't put any in this year... maybe I'll try some from seed under fleece in Spring..  :-\

[realfood]

The fly has not reached us yet in Glasgow, but now that it is obviously in Derby I wonder how long it will be before it reaches us.

[pumkinlover]

As I'm having so much trouble with that new fly I haven't put any in this year... maybe I'll try some from seed under fleece in Spring..  :-\

What fly ??? Ugh sounds bad ???

[plainleaf]

i had trouble with a fly once but just bought a new pair of pants.

[gazza1960]

Pheeew,thats good to know as it was our second season of Jermor and they were brilliant.
Mine are already sprouting great guns as they have the last 2 years.

Weve got plenty of bunches still in the shed and some hanging in the kitchen waiting to be used.

GazNjude

[pumkinlover]

i had trouble with a fly once but just bought a new pair of pants.

I think that you mean trousers ;) ;) ;)

[saddad]

It's like Leek Moth... it attacks them as well... in Leeks you get a red grub about 2mmm long burrowing down the stems... when it attacks over-wintering onion sets all the foliage goes distorted and then they die off completely or fail to grow....  >:(

[Robert_Brenchley]

i had trouble with a fly once but just bought a new pair of pants.

I think that you mean trousers ;) ;) ;)

Over here it's usually ants which go up your pants, not flies.

[Deb P]

It's like Leek Moth... it attacks them as well... in Leeks you get a red grub about 2mmm long burrowing down the stems... when it attacks over-wintering onion sets all the foliage goes distorted and then they die off completely or fail to grow....  >:(

Have you had some on your lower plot David? I haven't noticed any on my leeks yet.....

[saddad]

No, you don't notice it on leeks until you cut them...  yes we have it on the bottom plot...  :-X

[green lily]

Mmm. That's a new one on me ??? but perhaps its as well my winter onion sets are under net- originally to keep the birds off. How big is the 'fly' itself if you need fleece for protection? I have some very fine mesh but so far here in N.Lincs my leeks seem ok although one of next years hopes is to grow onions from seed, starting indoors of course. Can I expect some extra little challenges.... ::)

[manicscousers]

We're putting ours in in spring, see how they do  :)

[plainleaf]

i use a secret shallot growing method an organic farmer taught me.

[saddad]

It needs to be fine... like environmesh... but we had some spare fleece...  :-X

[growmore]

We haven't got it yet in South Yorks. Is this another continental import ? :(