My first shallots harvest

I got three tiny shallot bulbs last year in a seed swap. Stuck them in the ground late last November and then basically ignored them. I did weed around them in June but I never watered them. I meant to mulch them with some compost but the weeds around the bed got so high so fast and I had other more pressing tasks...

I'm feeling pretty good about these shallots being a STUN crop!

I do wonder what would my harvest have been like if I had given them some care. But I got twenty bulbs that are bigger than the three I started with. Plenty to experiment with for next year.

The shallots look great! I'm new to shallot growing although I've gardened for decades. I always heard that they weren't worth the space and effort to grow. After growing them this year I wish I'd started sooner. I posted a few days ago about my French Grey shallots producing lots of bulbs. I'm not sure what I'm doing right but it's nice to see something happy with my growing conditions.

My Dutch red shallots  and potato onions aren't quite ready yet but they look happy too.

[quote=Robin Katz]The shallots look great! I'm new to shallot growing although I've gardened for decades. I always heard that they weren't worth the space and effort to grow. After growing them this year I wish I'd started sooner. I posted a few days ago about my French Grey shallots producing lots of bulbs. I'm not sure what I'm doing right but it's nice to see something happy with my growing conditions.

My Dutch red shallots  and potato onions aren't quite ready yet but they look happy too.[/quote]

I missed your post but just checked it out. 😊 Mine also look like they split into a few bulbs and then those bulbs made more bulbs.

Mine are Dutch Red. I forgot the name until you mentioned them.

Anything that is so easy to grow (and tastes good) is worth growing in my book!