Shallots

Rocky1 · Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:18 pm Post subject: Shallots

Hi all
My shallots are starting to produce flower heads. WHAT DO I DO? chop them off or leave them alone?

thanks

James Kilkelly · Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:36 pm Post subject:

When any flower stem/heads start to appear you should snap these off.
Take note of which onion plants these appeared on and use these in the kitchen first as they will be useless for storage purposes.

Rocky1 · Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:27 am Post subject:

Hi James
thanks for that, although i don't think i would ever be able to keep track of which ones flowered. thanks for the info

michael brenock · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 9:14 pm Post subject:

the ones that flower will remain small the others will swell. In any cluster it is very rare for all the shallots to bolt usually only one or two.
michael brenock horticultural advisor (retired)