[frazzy]

Yesterday while at out local carboot sale i bought 6 packs of shalots. How late can i plant these, have i wasted my money? there all nice quality and they were realy cheap.

[Heather_S]

I planted some last year in March and had the teeniest most useless fiddly to peel shallots ever. The ones planted in February were much bigger and turned out bigger than some of my onions  :oops: This could have been down to them being B&Q leftovers, though.

[ruffmesiter_69]

wow 6 bags thats cool, how much were they bet they were a bargain, we couldnt resist another bag

[frazzy]

They were 50p per bag and i bought 4 packs but he gave me 2 free ,bargain lol i,ve planted them so fingers crossed .

[Jim T]

Yesterday while at out local carboot sale i bought 6 packs of shalots. How late can i plant these, have i wasted my money? there all nice quality and they were realy cheap.

Please pardon my ignorance - why should there be a problem with shallots planted now :?:   :?  :?:

[WG.]

Yesterday while at out local carboot sale i bought 6 packs of shalots. How late can i plant these, have i wasted my money? there all nice quality and they were realy cheap.

Please pardon my ignorance - why should there be a problem with shallots planted now :?:   :?  :?:

I'm with you JT, I reckon they'll be fine.

[ziggywigs]

Well only planted mine two weeks ago and they are growing just fine, they have rooted well and now putting on top growth.  

I would pop them in and see what they do....i find they like the warmer wetter weather at this time of year....great for getting them started.

[Heather_S]

I was under the impression that they're a sort of crop that needs a cold spell/long growing season as they crop in June/July.

[WG.]

I was under the impression that they're a sort of crop that needs a cold spell/long growing season as they crop in June/July.

Not necessarily.  They'd do better if they are planted earlier, but they'll still do fine.

I did note your earlier comments though.  I wondered if there was perhaps another factor which so affected your crop?