Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Silkworm on February 10, 2014, 19:56
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Evening All,
Has anyone planted out there shallots yet?
l have bought some Golden Gourmet and can't wait to get them in, but this weather :mad:
Silky :) :) :)
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Nope. I might see if the beds have drained enough to plant them out this weekend. Same for the onion sets.
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I go for 3rd week of March
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Mine would have sprouted out by then, even if I keep them in the cold. I like to get them in ASAP after purchase.
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I have all mine in pots in the GH - doing really well. They will go out as and when it dries up a bit. My plot is not flooded so will be ok any time soon if the rain stops falling :D
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Mine are in pots and fibre pots in gh too. Gives them a bit of a start till ground conditions improve
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l was thinking about leaving them till a bit later as the lotty at the mo has lots of pools on it and with the rain thats due in the next few days will soon become a lake l fear.
like the idea of starting them off in the GH at least they can get a head start, rather than take a chance on them drowning or even floating away :(
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mine have been in a couple of weeks in a raised bed not doing great but had so many and got plenty left if they fail
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I bought some sets yesterday - Longor, Golden Gourmet and Red Sun - and am hoping it is dry enough to get them planted this weekend.
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All mine are in pots in the greenhouse. I like to get them going well before being planted out relatively early.
Totty
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I haven't even sown my shallot seeds yet ....
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I haven't even sown my shallot seeds yet ....
Me neither. I was thinking of doing it sometime soon though. It gets confusing when you read on the seed packets to sow in May!
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I am planning to get my seeds in at the weekend, in my greenhouse.
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Yep, they are now nice and cosy snuggled in pots in the GH.
Snoop & Muls, If you plant the seed this year dose that mean that you only get single shallots this year
or will they divide?
Silky
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I grew Ambition shallots from seed one year. Within the outer papery skin, quite a few had developed three shallots, each with their own skin. My other shallots from seed have all made single shallots. To be honest, I don't mind them being separate - it makes them easier to dry for storage.
Someone on another thread mentioned they had great success sowing three shallot seeds in a module and then planting out the modules (still with the three seedlings, i.e. not pricked out) at 15 cm apart. This is what I'm proposing to do.
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Mine, hopefully will be put into individual pots and left in the cold greenhouse. They would probably rot at the moment if put even in a raised bed but I do like to get them in earlier rather than later so into the greenhouse they go.
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I haven't even sown my shallot seeds yet ....
Me neither. I was thinking of doing it sometime soon though. It gets confusing when you read on the seed packets to sow in May!
Mine will be figaro - a banana shallot. Sowed now this time last year and grew to a good size and have kept really well. Might be just a few days behind this year
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Like Totty mine are in pots but in a cold frame at the moment. Roots just starting to appear at the bottom of the pots and a very small shoot at the top. I intend to put them out under a plastic cloche when the very windy weather is past.
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Sounds like some of you guys put yours in before Christmas?
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Put mine in about a week after Christmas
If the weather stays awful for a while, it's going to be ages before the soil is good enough to plant them out so may have to pot them on if push comes to shove.
Totty
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My saved bulbs usually go straight out into the garden towards the end of this month (they didn't enjoy being under the snow very much last March, and there were one or two losses, but they did pretty well in the end.) ;)
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Just one for me but large ! :D
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Had mine in the ground for a fortnight or so under fleece with some garlic. Reading everyone else's comments i am feeling brave or foolhardy. They are in a raised bed so hopefully not too wet!!
Cheers HH
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Mine are in pots in a cold frame they have shoots and some roots are appearing through the bottom. I'm in no hurry to get them out. They're likely to go out in the next couple of weeks.