Eschalot Gris

Hi all. Just harvested my Jermor shallots as the tops had browned up but the eschalot(banana shallots) are still green yet they have flopped over. Whereas the Jermors were obviously ready as the bulbs were above ground, the eschalots are pretty well buried. The ones i can see some of do vary a lot in size. My question is: without digging any up, are they ready as well or have they some way to go and would benefit from a feed and water. They were planted on Nov 5th.

Good point salmo. Why didnt I think of that, especially as I just lifted the Jermor and the clumps more or less fell apart. I will give them a go in the morning. My first time growing them too.

I still haven't tried one yet tbh as they are still green so leaving them be untill they ripen and hopefully fatten up a bit. From what I've read elsewhere they do take a bit of peeling but it's worth it. Also the smaller sets produce fewer but bigger bulbs. That may be where my problem originates as the sets I planted were all large. Strange but true apparently. I will therefore be saving my smallest bulbs for replanting and see what happens next year.