[Salmo]

Today I have replaced 6 out of 25 shallots that were planted in late December. Most showing green shoots but the 6 just rotted or no shoot or root and soft at the bottom.

I have never seen this before and put it down to continually wet soil. Mine is light sandy soil but this Winter even that has been waterlogged.

[Aunt Sally]

It has been really wet this winter.

We've only put out shallots in today.

[Trillium]

I always start mine off inside in modules. They can get rooted while I keep an eye on them and by the time they've got nice green sprouts, it's time for  them to play outside.

[fatcat1955]

Had this problem 2 year's ago, lost all my onion's and shallot's, since then i dib a hole about 4 inches deep and fill it with sharp sand. I then pop the set's in, i have not lost any since. My winter one's were planted this way and all are fine but i am going to form 4 inch ridges for the spring one's and compare the result's.

[Totty]

Got my initial sets a couple of years ago, they were about £14 for 10 or something daft. Anyway have saved good sets for the following year and this year I have a few failures. Can't afford to lose this lot!
Some starting to go a bit soft, but I'm assuming its the same as with onion sets in that the old bulb gradually softens and gets pushed away by the new plant?

Totty