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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mickwood on May 30, 2009, 08:20

Title: Red Shallots
Post by: mickwood on May 30, 2009, 08:20

Am I too late? A bloke on another lotty is growing them and has a great recipe (apparently) for pickled onions in sherry for Christmas! I'd like to give them a go....but is it too late??  :blush:

Title: Re: Red Shallots
Post by: DD. on May 30, 2009, 08:26

First question is "can you get hold of any"?

It's very late in the season, shallots are one of the first things to go in the ground, mine have been in 3 months already. I think that even if you got some they wouldn't make a full size onion.

I tried some late shallots from a supermarket one year as mine weren't that good. Didn't get much more than the equivalent of larege spring onions.

Title: Re: Red Shallots
Post by: aelf on May 30, 2009, 11:09

I've planted them late a couple of times in the past using sets from the reduced section in B&Q (10p, couldn't resist!) but they didn't really come to anything. I think I read somewhere that they are sensitive to the length of daylight and need to be planted in early in the season for best results, when the days are shorter. I could be wrong about that tho.

Title: Re: Red Shallots
Post by: mickwood on May 30, 2009, 12:09

I figured as much  :(

Oh well...they're on the list for next year!!  :D

Title: Re: Red Shallots
Post by: Salmo on May 30, 2009, 23:44

Good advice here is not free.

You have to tell us the recipe!

Title: Re: Red Shallots
Post by: Beejay on May 31, 2009, 09:22

There is always next season ;)

Title: Re: Red Shallots
Post by: mickwood on May 31, 2009, 15:41

I haven't got it yet Salmo!  :blink:

I'll ask him for it and see what he says?

Title: Re: Red Shallots
Post by: sunshineband on May 31, 2009, 16:09

I reckon there's a few of us would want to try that recipe -- it sounds gorgeous  :D