Yes they do. When I grew shallots in Mexico, at the 20th parallel, mine were ready to harvest in the middle of June. Not all shallots will bulb up, that far South. I grew Atlas, which was/is adapted for southern latitudes. George Tahlequah, Ok

Forgottenone: If my garlic is any indication, you've got it backwards on the flowering. All of my softnecks produced scapes and none of the hardnecks produced a scape. WJB2: for future reference, wait until your plants have lost their bottom 3 - 4 leaves (dried up and turned brown), stop irrigating and when the ground is dried and not wet enough to stick badly to the bulbs then, lift the plants with a turning fork and carefully remove them from the ground. Now it's off to cleaning and curing as described by others previously.

Most of the above is close enough but please remember that peanuts come in other colors besides red. I grow black peanuts and love the sweet nutty flavor. fyi, you can find them at www.sandhillpreservation.com Peanuts set over a period of time with a limited set early, full crown set next, then nuts set on the expanded branches. Harvest them when most of the crown set is mature for best results in most of the USA. Note that some peanuts will continue growing and won't "die" as mentioned above. One of the recent developments in the peanut world is the high oleic peanut. Fusion

This is from the most Arid Gardener list serv digest: The best way to tell if citrus is ripe is to sample the fruit. There is usually enough fruit on a tree so it isn't a big loss if a few are sacrificed by sampling. If you keep records, after the first year you should know when it is time to harvest. You can also get it a ball park estimate of the right time of the year but you need to know what varieties you have. Some AZ Sweet varieties ripen in November but Valencias won't be ready until February-March. See http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1001.pdf for some examples. Once ripe, the best place to store it is by leaving it on the tree until you are ready to use it or until it becomes overripe and/or drops from the tree. Here is a link that might be useful: scroll down for archives