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Shallot Seeds - Description
- Pack of Shallot Seeds
- Variety: Ambition F1
- Seeds Per Pack: 75 Seeds
- Produces Reddish Brown Bulbs
- Globe Shaped Bulbs
- Good Resistance to Bolting
Shallot Seed - Sowing Instructions
- Sow: March to April
- Harvest: Late Summer
- An open sunny site with good drainage is best
- Remember to water gently is soil is dry
- See how to grow tab for full growing instructions
Shallot Seed - Uses
- Great when used raw in salads
- Perfect for cooking
- Ideal for the restaurant trade
Shallot Seed - Advantages
- Shallots can be expensive so growing your own is ideal
- Easy to grow
- Bolt resistant
- An absolute gem for cooking with
Index
- Sowing Instructions (Indoors)
- How to Transplant
- Sowing Instructions (Outside)
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
- Storage
- Pests & Diseases
Sowing Instructions (Indoors)
- Shallots can be started from seeds or bulb sets
- Sowing Time: Seeds can be sown under glass in late winter & early spring
- Sowing Location: In 3 inch pots or in seed trays, two seeds per tray cell, thin to one later
- Sow using a general potting compost and perlite mix at 3:1
- Water soil well before sowing, and keep pots or trays moist at all times
How to Transplant
- Transplant outdoors from mid March onwards once the seedlings are large enough to handle
- Space seedlings 10 to 15cm apart in rows 20cm apart
Sowing Instructions (Outdoors)
- Shallots are hardy
- Sowing Time: Mostly sown outdoors from February to March for a late summer harvest
- Sowing Location: A sunny site
- Soil: A free draining and light soil is most suitable
- Dig & manure your soil the previous autumn if possible
- Make sure to remove any stones, weeds & weed roots while preparing soil
- Lightly rake growing area and then prepare drills
- Prepaing the drill: Create a drill 1cm deep, sow seeds thinly or 3 or 4 every 15 cm
- Lightly press seeds into the base of this drill, close drill with soil & water well
Crop Maintenance
- Before sowing it is recommended that you add a general fertiliser such as growmore or poultry manure
- Thin seedlings once they have developed 2 leaves
- Dispose of all thinnings to avoid attracting the onion fly
- Spacing is important. Close spacing for smaller onions and wider spacing for larger shallots
- Keep shallots watered
- Weed regularly
Harvesting
- Shallots are different from onions in that one shallot blub will split into many similar sized bulbs while an onion bulb will just grow larger without splitting
- Wait for foliage to turn yellow and begin to die back
- Water well one week before harvesting
- Use a garden fork to lift the bulbs from the soil to break the roots
- The following week, harvest crops by pulling from soil
- Like onions: On a dry day place your shallots out in the sun
- Depending on the size of your shallots and weather conditions it can take up to 4 weeks for them to dry
Storage
- For short term storage place in your fridge
- Can be stored for up to 7 months in a cool dry place, where humidity is low
Pests and Disease
- Susceptible to bolting, where the shallot rushes to produce a flower in dry weather
- Onion Fly: Not common, but can cause severe damage to crops
- Notice by crops turning yellow and witling early
- Cause: The onion fly lays eggs and the larve from these eggs burrow into bulbs
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Note: We don't ship plants on Fridays due to the extended period they would remain without light & water
Shipping Options & Rates
FOR IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND
- Standard Courier Delivery With Fastway (3-4 Working Days)
- Cost is €4.95 on Orders Below €75
- Free Delivery on Orders Above €75
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Courier Delivery With Fastway (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €5 extra for express delivery
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- Express Delivery With DPD (1-2 Working Days)
- Cost is €11.45 for orders below €75
- Cost is €6.50 for orders above €75
- This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- This services comes with email tracking
- 'Seed' Postal Delivery Option ***
- Cost is €2 - Packet of Seeds ONLY Orders
- Note: Does Not Apply to Seed Potatoes, Bulbs or Sets ***
- Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
- This is a non-trackable service
MAINLAND ENGLAND & SCOTLAND & WALES (Currently Unavailable Due to Brexit)
- Standard International Courier
- Cost is €10
- UK shipping fee covers parcels up to a total weight of 20Kg
WESTERN EUROPE & WORLDWIDE
- Standard International Courier
- Delivery rates vary, please see chart below
- Note: There is no free delivery for Western Europe Deliveries
Bulk Bags & Large Item Pallet Deliveries
- Bulk bags & large orders are shipped via pallet couriers on a rigid lorry
- Delivery is to kerbside only
- If road access to your site is tight, then please advise us before purchasing
- Please Note: We cannot guarantee next day delivery on pallet deliveries
- Also, we cannot guarantee delivery on a specific day (Please allow 1-3 days for delivery)
- It's always best to order well in advance to avoid disappointment
- Cancellation of pallets when items are already in transit will incur a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee (To cover return delivery costs)
- Where pallet delivery can not be made due to site access, a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee will apply (To cover return delivery costs)
International Delivery Prices & Times
- Please note max weights below, heavier orders may require additional payment
- We will contact you to discuss, if max weight of order exceeded
Terms
- The shipping fee is fixed for an order, regardless of the number of items bought
- All courier orders require signed proof of delivery & the customer must be contactable by phone
- We do not offer a weekend delivery service (Mon-Fri Only excl. Bank Holidays)
- * Our courier achieves a 98% success rate on next day deliveries
- Once your parcel is shipped it will be placed on works courier's next day delivery service
- ** Seed postal option applies to seed ONLY orders & is available in all 32 counties of Ireland
- *** Does not apply to seed potatoes, bulbs or sets
