Shallot is a similar vegetable to onion. It is part of the same family and is sometimes used in cooking to replace this ingredient. The name shallot indicates both its edible bulb and the whole plant.
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Lo shallot it is a vegetable similar to onion. It is part of the same family and is sometimes used in cooking to replace this ingredient. The name shallot indicates both his edible bulb than the whole plant.
It is related to both garlic and onion and its scientific name is Allium ascalonicum. We can grow shallots in pots or in the garden, in a similar way to those we would use for garlic or onion. Growing shallots is really very simple. This way you can easily enrich your garden with a new variety.
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When to plant shallots
You can start growing shallots when the outside temperatures will between 8 and 10 ° C, therefore ideally with the beginning of spring. With the arrival of the hottest season, the shallot will find the ideal temperatures to develop, between 15 and 25 ° C. It is possible to plant shallots in autunno, As well as in spring.
The right terrain
The shallot has no special needs but prefers fertile, preferably well-drained and somewhat sandy soil. Better avoid clayey soils and too compact. Shallots do not like water stagnation. Watering can be daily but not too abundant both for cultivation in pots and in the garden.
Grow the shallot in the vegetable garden
Shallots are usually grown as annual plant. The reproduction of the shallot for cultivation takes place directly from its bulbs. The cloves are obtained from the shallots. You can proceed in planting the shallot a little as you would do in the case of garlic or onion bulbils.
As for the shallot to be grown in the garden, keep in mind that each shallot bulb must be buried a few centimeters from the surface of the soil (approximately 2 or 3 centimeters), maintaining a distance of 10-15 centimeters from one bulb to another. In a large vegetable garden, to facilitate harvesting and cultivation, the distance between the various rows of shallots should be between 40 and 55 centimeters.
Once the shallot cultivation, you can proceed following the indications of the permaculture, so you will choose the largest shallot bulbs for food use while you can replant the smaller ones. So over time the cultivation of shallots will be at no cost.
Grow the shallot in pots
How for the onions, even in the case of the shallot you can experience the cultivation directly from the whole vegetable or from scrap parts, as well as from the cloves. These are all experiments that you can conduct by trying growing shallots in pots, in your garden on the balcony.
You can use both round and rectangular pots to grow shallots, but keep in mind that to encourage the growth of the plant you will not have to plant too many bulbs in one pot. Adjust according to the size and try to leave at least 10 centimeters between one plant and another.
Choose a fertile and well-drained soil, fertilize with homemade compost and always remember to empty the saucers after watering. Choose a well-lit location but avoid direct sun during the hottest hours. As for the collection of shallots, both for the vegetable garden and for the cultivation in pots, the suggestions set out below are valid.
Collect the shallot
La collection of the shallot sees the months of as the best period June and July, but it all depends on when cultivation began. The shallot bulbs are harvested by uprooting. They are left to dry in a ventilated place for 2 or 3 weeks and then stored in the dark, at room temperature. The shallot harvest takes place about four months after the start of cultivation, when the leaves of the plant begin to turn yellow.
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