Table of Contents:
Planting shallots: small starts, big flavour 🧄 Planting or planting shallots: simplicity with a smart moment Soil & preparation: airy is more important than rich Where to plant shallots? Sun gives flavour Watering: better too little than too much Nutrition & fertilization: sober grows better ❗ Diseases & pests when planting shallots 🪰 Onion fly (Delia antiqua) 🍄 Fungal problems (rot and fusarium) 🐌 Snails (limited risk) ⚠️ General cultivation stress Harvesting & storing: this is how you get the most out of your shallots 🧺 Shallot in the kitchen: small bulb, great finesse 🍽️ Finally: planting shallots also involves a little faith that everything will turn out well
🌱 Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth: 2.5 cm on clay soil, 5 cm on sandy soil
- Sowing distance: 10-20 cm
- Sprouting: shallots are best planted with seed shallots (small shallots from which several new shallots grow)
- Planting distance: 15 cm between plants, 25 cm between rows
- Planting out as: seeded shallots are planted directly; several new shallots will form from one seeded shallot
- Growth cycle: approx. 150 days
📅 Growing times throughout the year
- Yellow shallot: plant in late March-April; harvest in late June-August.
- Brown shallot planting: plant early February-March; harvest early June-mid August.
Start cultivation (plants)
Harvesting
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow shallot (outside)
Brown shallot (outside)
🏠 Inside
🪟 Greenhouse / conservatory
Outside
