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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Aunt Sally on November 11, 2006, 12:15

Title: Shallots
Post by: Aunt Sally on November 11, 2006, 12:15

I've got some shallots which says for autmn planting on the packet, so will be sticking them in this week.

My old dad always used to say.  "Plant on the shortest day and harvest on the longest."  Is ther any truth in this old saying  :!:

Title: Shallots
Post by: muntjac on November 11, 2006, 12:37

has to be l, ots of old gardeners did it anty x

Title: Shallots
Post by: John on November 11, 2006, 13:47

I think that was about garlic rather than shallots.

Title: Shallots
Post by: cornykev on November 11, 2006, 15:01

Dont shallots go in about febuary or is that just the bulb type ?    :roll:

Title: Shallots
Post by: Aunt Sally on November 11, 2006, 15:15

Quote from: "john"

I think that was about garlic rather than shallots.

My Dad had hardly even heard of garlic, never ate it and certainly never grew it  :lol: