Harvesting Shallots - When?
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Comments (4)All you have to do is cure them the same as you would the shallots meant for eating. When you want to plant, just stick them in the ground. Shallots are planted in either the Fall or early Spring and harvested in summer. There is no Fall/Winter harvest nor is there a need because the bulbs keep very well when cured. I've got some shallots from last summer that are still almost as good as the day I harvested them. Rodney...See MoreHarvesting Shallots
Comments (2)I can answer both questions! Both potato onions and shallots splay out soon after they do their big division. They go from upright to looking like an upside-down umbrella, but the foliage goes on working, increasing the size of the bulbs. It looks messy but you should tolerate the visual disarray until the plants really start dying back. In my experience, a spell of dry weather in midsummer is the best time to plan the harvest. Your latitude may affect maturation time, but I would think you have at least six weeks to go, maybe more....See MorePlanting Shallots in So. N. H./Northern mass? Zone 5
Comments (6)Hi Daria, what varieties of garlic do you sually plant? I planted a small amount of "Spanish Roja" last fall for the first time, it didnt get as large as i thought it might but it did "ok." this fall i will plant it in an area that gets more sun, and i will amend the soil more with compost/organic material. i was also confused as to watering,fertilizing etc etc etc also for this area, i found a lot of good info about that stuff on the G & H Garlic site, they are located in Littleton, NH. I will also be planting other varieties besides the "Spanis Roja" next fall, fresh garlic is starting to show up at local farmers markets, so i'll probably use some of that for seed this fall also....See Moreharvesting shallots
Comments (2)You can re-plant the shallots and you should get bigger ones next year. For shallots, you want to plant the small ones and eat the big ones (exactly the opposite of garlic) and give them some room - I usually plant shallots on 8 inch centers since they seem to want to grow sideways as well as up. They really like full sun in order to produce good sized bulbs, moderate amounts of fertilizer and decent water throughout the growing season. I've done fall plantings with 4 inches of mulch and early spring plantings and I haven't seen much difference in yield so you might be able to plant this fall if the beds are ready....See Moreveggieholic
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