shallots

[bud]

Thought i might try my hand at growing some shallots , what i need to know is when to plant ,and would i need to warm the soil first.

[paul]

Hi Bud,

I have just put my shallots in this morning. The sun has been out for a couple of days and the ground here is pretty warm.
I don't know what the tempreture needs to be, but I planted this time last year and they grew extremely well. I just put a fine dusting of compost over the crop and some netting for added protection.

Hope that helps

Paul

[jlottie]

If you are at all worried about the cold weather, they can be started off in modules and planted out in a few weeks time, they will be then have a good root system and probably a few leaves too

[dotcommon]

they are fine to go straight in the ground now, mine are already grwoing. speed them up by planting into pots in a greehouse and then transplanting - they transplant very easily. or plant them in the ground and cloche them.