Shallots - replanting last years ???

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Hi all - I usually do well with shallots and keep some for next years seed. Last year I had some rot in some of mine so bought in all new seed shallots (which looked nice enough when they arrived)

This years crop is as poor as I have ever grown. Not many shallots to a clump and some so small as to be not worth peeling. The tops are now withering and browning so I assume that is it for this years crop

In the barn I still have some from last year - some useable for cooking and some with nice strong healthy shoots

What are anyone's thoughts about my putting the sprouted one in the ground. What chance of some shallots???? is this frowned on as bad for disease etc

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They'll probably flower and give you next years seed.
That's how I keep my banana ones going.
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peter wrote:They'll probably flower and give you next years seed.
That's how I keep my banana ones going.



Sooooo...???? If I plant them now they will run to seed next year

When do I plant the seed, and when do they become harvestable shallots?

Also - if I planted say Longnor and Golden Gourmet and Red Sun will I get a mishmash of various hybrids, or will each seed come true to its parent?

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Hi d b e

I tried - and totally failed - last year -

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Hi Sue,
The Shallots you have that are sprouting obviously have no visible signs of disease and as Peter quite rightly says that, if planted, they will probably go to seed and probably no edible Shallots.
Should you save those seeds you could have have the basis of your own supply of Shallots almost indefinitely.
I do exactly the same as Peter with Banana Shallots as they do not make the divisions that are a part of the Shallot that we all know. When replanting those that do divide they invariably go to seed. Sowing from seed each year has so far given some excellent results.
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They'll flower and produce seed this year.
You sow it next year, can be on New Years Day in the cold greenhouse and you'll get shallots of normal size at the normal time when the leaves die off. :D
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