by "Loosecanon" <loosecanon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 16, 2008 at 09:16 PM
"Staycalm" <goaway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Loosecanon" <loosecanon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Staycalm" <goaway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>I got given a bagfull of lovely shallots grown by my NE Vic-based FIL
and
>>>thought they tasted wonderful compared with the bog standard brown
>>>onions. I nearly fainted at the price of them in the supermarket
though.
>>> How easy are they to grow?
>>> When is planting time?
>>> I am in Melbourne.
>>>
>>
>> save some of the shallots and plant them next month. They grow and form
>> cloves like garlic.
> Oh. I do have some of the little ones left. Will they do?
>
> Liz
>
Got nothing to lose. I grew some from seed years ago but took a while to
get
anywhere. What impressed me was how they formed their cloves and any I
missed came up the next year and formed more. Unfortunately I got greedy
and
ate them all and forgot to plant more out.
Such is life
