How To Grow SHALLOTS In ANY Climate: Complete Curing And Storing Guide
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- In this video, I share 4 shallot growing tips that will teach you how to grow shallots in any climate, even hot, humid southern climates where growing shallots is thought to be nearly impossible! I also show you a complete guide to harvesting shallots, curing shallots and storing shallots!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 How Day Length Affects Shallots
2:15 Why It's Hard Growing Shallots In The South
3:05 Shallot Tip #1: Shallot Seeds VS. Shallot Sets
5:17 Shallot Tip #2: Shallot Variety Selection
5:59 Shallot Tip #3: Shallot Planting Timing
7:54 Shallot Tip #4: Shallot Culture
9:54 How To Harvest Shallots
11:08 How To Cure Shallots
12:29 How To Store Shallots
14:52 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 How Day Length Affects Shallots
2:15 Why It's Hard Growing Shallots In The South
3:05 Shallot Tip #1: Shallot Seeds VS. Shallot Sets
5:17 Shallot Tip #2: Shallot Variety Selection
5:59 Shallot Tip #3: Shallot Planting Timing
7:54 Shallot Tip #4: Shallot Culture
9:54 How To Harvest Shallots
11:08 How To Cure Shallots
12:29 How To Store Shallots
14:52 Adventures With Dale
I never realized Texas summer days were "short". I could've sworn they're a thousand degrees and a week long each 😭 😂
Me too!
Yes. The days closer to the equator are longer and days closer to the artic are shorter.
They're definitely "Short Day" summers, as your day length is several hours shorter than somewhere in Montana or Maine. When growing alliums, it makes all the difference. What defines a "tropical" location is the lack of fluctuation in day length between winter and summer.
The furthest north you are the longer your summer days are. Just think of Alaska where the sun doesn't set at all around mid summer
@@TheMillennialGardener yep. I see it now.
My grocery store has not had shallots in stock since last SPRING. I need this video. I was contemplating Egyptian Walking Onion because of drought and being in 8b. I am going to try this.
I highly recommend growing your own. Shallots are so hard to find and so expensive. Considering they take next to zero effort to grow in this manner, it's a no-brainer in my opinion.
For the amount of shallots that I buy I need to be growing them in my garden. Can’t wait to get started next year.
It's 100% worth it. They're easy to grow in this method I presented, and they're all fantastic quality. They're 75 cents to $1 each at the grocery store, and I grew enough to get me well into next year for $3!
Hi dear, congratulations to you… I love all your videos. Can you give me the link to buy the shallots seeds please…
Yes. They are expensive!
I grew Zebrune shallots for the first time in 2022. Direct sowed into raised bed in first week of April and harvested in late July. The shallots are perfectly sized. I live in San Jose, CA (37 latitude).
Thank you for posting! I’m nearby in Mountain View and appreciate knowing how and when you planted!
By complete chance (I had no idea what I was doing), I did virtually the same things you did. Davidor Shallots, sewn in the first week of January, transplanted out mid-march, interplanted with kale. Complete success first try. Oklahoma City 35 Degrees latitude. Consider your suggestions independently tested and verified. Thanks for confirming what I accidently did right.
Excellent! I’ll never grow them any other way. These shallots are FANTASTIC. At nearly $1 each at the store, this is like luxury for pennies.
Thank you for the lesson on how to grow Shatllots.
You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful!
I'm so happy to have found this before January!
I’m in Texas and I’ve never been able to grow shallots. I’m paying attention. I just planted seeds in august.
Interesting. I’m curious how that’ll work out. I would personally try sowing the seeds around mid-December if you’re in Zone 8 or 9 and getting them out into the garden Feb 1 to maximize the length of the cool season in ground. Planting other plants around them to give the shallots shade by the late spring is also a good idea.
I am at 39 latitude and grew Davidor and Conservor shallots last year as he described. Total success! I seeded them the very end of January and put them out the first week of April or so. (This year I will wait another week or so.) Of all the things I grew last year, shallot and leeks made me the happiest… and tomatoes :)
Very clear and extremely useful presentation. Thank you!
Your videos are always so informative, I feel confident to try and grow shallots now, thanks so much!
You're welcome! I'm glad the video was helpful!
Congratulations on your success with shallots and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us !!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great presentation, thanks.
Great info, as always! Thank you 😊👍
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, thank you.
You're welcome!
Nice one! Sweet shallots!👍My little sister wants to grow shallots so I'm going to share this one with her.😃
Love the patterns on handsome Dale fur.🐕
Thanks for sharing! Shallots are awesome and go with practically everything. Dale says hello!
Thank you!
Thank you for the video
Oh gosh, I hope I’m in time to grow shallots. I’m at 37 latitude and my seeds should arrive in a couple of days. I always benefit from your videos. I would have planted sets and probably failed. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge. Your experimentation is a HUGE benefit for us. I probably wouldn’t have figured out that I needed to plant seeds, and given up.
Now is the the ideal time to start your shallot seed. I'm at latitude 34.1 on the coast, which is a bit ahead of you, and mine are just starting to germinate, so you're fine. As long as you start them by, let's say February 15, I think you'll be in perfect shape. Starting them next weekend or this week sometime is perfect. Here is a video on sowing that will help you: czcams.com/video/1gKvOx5R39A/video.html
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you!!
Love all your videos!! Your shallots are beautiful! Thanks for another great one ❤️ This is my first year growing shallots and bulbing onions. Pray for me 🤣
Thank you! Shallots were a little tricky at first, but the results have been incredible! Having bags of them has enhanced my cooking a lot. Since they’re nearly $1 each in stores, this is a major cost advantage.
Thank you so much!
Congratulations on your success with shallots. They look amazing! Did you use a heat mat and lights to germinate them indoors? I'm in the SF bay area, so I may attempt to grow them. Thank you for this video.
And huge thank you for adding the note about dog toxicity. That's why I had them planted with kale (separate garden away from the dogs) instead of with the tomatoes where we occasionally let the dogs wander (under supervision). Now if I only didn't store them at room temperature... Thanks! I learned something new today!
It's *highly* unlikely that a dog would dig up an allium and eat it since they are so pungent and not what a dog would typically be attracted to, but you never know. When we first adopted Dale, he was very food insecure from being out on the street and in a shelter, so he would try to forage out of the compost pile. Once he took shallot skins, so I'm always very aware now. He's food secure now, so I doubt he'd ever do it again, but you never know.
Appreciate the info, especially regarding storage. I'm at 38 degrees latitude and had limited success but they taste great even when bunched and grown together almost into something akin to a head of garlic,
If you employ these tips, I think you'll see even more success. If I can make big bulbs where I'm at at 34.0N, you'll crush it where you live!
shallots are so conveniently sized too just chop one up with basically any meal and you never have to deal with leftovers
They're a true luxury item! Gourmet quality. I love them. Growing them was a fantastic decision. I may grow two packages worth next year now.
Oh my goodness, another great video I can't wait to try myself. I especially like how you make a point to tell people when plants are poisonous to dogs/pets
It's definitely important, since so many of us have pets. I always keep Dale far away from onions. When we first adopted Dale, I dumped onion skins in my compost pile, and I found him chewing on one. Never again. Everything in the allium family goes straight into the trash where he can't get them. He probably wouldn't do it again since he's now food secure mentally, but I won't take the chance.
I've had my beloved cat almost die due to a hibiscus plant that was in pot I brought onto screened porch cause weather. She's an awnry thing and chewed leaves. Needless to say everything she ingested for days it seems was on Mommy and Daddys bed Ina a short minute. From then on I look up all plants, vegetables, etc to check pet compatibility. She is inside pet besides porch but my dogs roam the backyard where I garden. They help Momma check vegetables and perimeter daily
Nice work
Great information of growing shallots. I had just purchased the Creme Brûlée seeds. I am in central NC zone 7b. Should I start my seeds around January 7th or when do you think is appropriate? I have never grown these before so I am giving them a try.
Nice sharing..👍
Thank you!
Love these tips! I cant wait to enjoy shallots. Those mesh bags are a super idea! Please keep doing these types of videos. I keep rewatching to go step by step at each phase from seed to harvest. You help so many people do better at gardening and providing food for our family!
Tip from sets u have to plant in fall like garlic
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I have found that I can grow most anything I want hydroponically as I have very little outdoor growing space. Unfortunately, I have been challenged by shallots. My recent attempt was to grow shallots from seed and plant them in a Kratky hydroponic system. They have grown nicely, but have been slow to bulb. I think you might have provided just the right information. I have been growing under 14 hours of light, maybe if I was to drop the duration down to 12 hours, they would bulb. Will put that theory to work tomorrow. Growing shallots just makes sense. The past 2 years I paid $20 for 2 pounds of really nice shallot bulbs, keeping half for eating and half for planting. Last summer in my outdoor garden, only 4 out of 10 grew which might have to do with my resident moles. So, not a great success, but not bad either. I am not done with the indoor growing, I am convinced I can have a substantial success given the right approach. Thanks for all your great videos.
How did dropping them to 12 hours work out? I think you have it backwards, shallots like long growing days not shorter.
Me im Mexico watching this… with a ton of shallot & onion seeds i already bought
they look great. congrats
Thank you!
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Pre-watch speculation - I suppose, with all shallots liking longer days, in a short day light regime, it'd be like how a given sweetcorn takes 140 days to mature in Ireland when the same maize plant takes 90 days in the Americas thanks to a hotter climate?
we grow them like garlic and do pretty well. We buy the seed, it comes just like garlic and plant it at the same time. Want to add - we live in New England.
They'll grow like weeds in New England. That's the perfect climate for them.
Another great video for onion cultivation. Don't forget Leeks. Tried several times here in southern Wake County.
I haven't growth them, yet. I may try elephant garlic this winter, but the seed heads are expensive.
@@TheMillennialGardener We had success with elephant garlic. Planted bulbs in Sept. Good harvest in May. Not a great garlic for cooking.
@@HobbitSeeker3 what zone are you in? 7b/8a here
Great tips. I live in GA and have a basement would it be possible to store onions and shallots in mesh bags there? Basement has AC and heat and I run dehumidifier.
Yes, if you keep it cool and dry. Room temperature is the worst temperature to store alliums, since that's the temperatures where bacteria grow most effectively. If your basement is somewhere in the 50's or cooler with the dehumidifier on, they'll do well. If your basement is a balmy 68 degrees or warmer, you're better off keeping them in a warm garage until the basement gets sufficiently cool.
Phew! Your content, when you're not proselytizing about macroeconomics, is just top-notch. Thank you, Gardener.
I thought short day referred to the primary growing season. If onions are grown/transplanted in southern usa in january/february when days are shorter vs up north when they might set them out later in the year when days are longer.
What do you use shallots for? Are they in place of onions? I have never cooked much till now because food costs so much now. Good to see the happy boy Dale!!
I use them in practically everything. Meat dishes, sauces, stews, soups, etc. Onion, garlic and shallot is the base of nearly everything that gets sauteed. This is a huge money-saver. I normally don't buy shallots, because they're close to $1 a piece in the grocery store. Now that I have so many, I'm excited that I can use them liberally.
@@TheMillennialGardener Growing those shallots well is so impressive. I can tell you feel great about that. I ordered onion starts , but now I don’t know if it was a good idea.
have you ever grown them from store cut offs/kitchen scraps?
Can you let them seed, second year and collect seeds? If so how developed does the flower need to be?
Do you know where the shallot seeds from Burbee came from? Shoprite in my area sells shallots from France. They last for quite a while in room temperature without a problem.
I bought them online on Burpee's website. I recommend ordering through them. The seeds had near 100% germination with fantastic results, and I'll be buying more.
I'm at Lat 28 (Tampa Bay, FL), what are my chances?
I’m a little confused. Are the only shallot seeds/types we are getting in America a long day style. In Indonesia where the days are 6 hours long all year round a huge majority of the worlds shallots are grown. I’m in Hawaii and was interested in growing them because of their success in the tropics.
I got mine by digging a clump out of a seed collector's community garden.
I grew mine from a ste t latitude 28 I think…it made one big onion!
I’m trying to figure out how to grow them at high altitude in the mountains of Colombia, South America. Any tips will be appreciated! (Our climate is cool, daytime highs 76°F, lows 55°F). Might be worth considering adding supplemental light to extend day length?😊
Onions need to be timed to mature around the longest day of the year, so that's going to be between the last 2 weeks of June and first 2 weeks of July. It isn't so much temperature dependent. For me, what's worked out is starting the seeds indoors in early January, then transplanting them out into the garden March 1. Your climate is much warmer than mine in the winter, so what you'll probably want to do is try different planting dates.
Start 1/3 of your seed January 1.
Start 1/3 of your seed January 15.
Start 1/3 of your seed February 1.
Then, plant them all out into your garden 6-8 weeks later as transplants, and observe which plantings do the best. Then, whatever is the most successful, fine tune your planting around that date the next year. For you, you *must* grow short day onions.
Being so close to the equator (6°N), our day length doesn’t change that much. It ranges from 11:47 in December to 12:49 in June. Today’s day length is 11.5 hours, under the optimal for shallots of 12-16 hours. Which is why I’m thinking adding 1-2 hours of supplemental lighting the last 30 days.
@@gattamom I think you'd just have to try and see what happens. I'm not too sure what to recommend, because this is the lowest latitude I've ever lived at (34.1N). We have pretty sizeable differences in winter and summer day length, so it's easy to grow onions here. The best advice I could give is to try several varieties all at once and just see what happens. Some varieties may work out better than others, so having an experimental garden and trying different varieties and different dates of sowing will tell you the most information.
How do I know when they’ve cured properly? I’m in PNW and will put in 40 degree basement.
Very nice shallot Harvest ✨💚
Thank you! They've been fantastic!
did you cut the scapes?
I live in Nebraska and I’ve never had luck with shallots. And onions only once. This year I used seeds and they grew about two inches tall and as big as a pencil eraser. And there they have sat after transplant since June and never have grown anymore. Next year I may try using starts ( grocery store shallots) . Smh.
It sounds like your timing is off. I would recommend this variety of shallot. I would estimate you're around a month or so behind me when it comes to planting, so I'd estimate starting your seeds in transplant trays somewhere around February 15, then transplanting them out in your garden April 1. I could be off a tad, but I'm guessing your deep freezes are over my April 1.
Most shallots are perennial, and are used in permaculture applications around Michigan. You could try leaving some of the stunted ones, and see if a second growing g season doesn't reset them to your climate zone! They have amazing greens as well, and I just harvest the leaves year around for a more garlic-like flavor instead of green "spring" onions!
so you wait until the tops are totally dead and dried out and almost withered away?
What zone do you live in?
I’m in New York , so it’s very easy to grow shallot. Just sow seeds and water and wait to harvest.
I would imagine they'd do well at your latitude. I recommend this variety. It's fantastic.
@@TheMillennialGardener excellent variety! I got my from rare seed and another one from Johnny’s. I still have some seeds leftover so I will got new variety later.
I tried onions for the 1st time this year (identical zone as NY) and they didn't do to good. Do you just sow your seeds and go or start them early? I feel I may have sown my seeds a little late.
@@blakeumthun8128 it doesn’t do well for me either in my first season. I direct sown and it produces tiny onions ( size of onions set). But in my second season ( this season) I plant those tiny onions and it turn into good size onions ( tennis ball is the biggest). I still figure out what is the best method. Probably next season I will transplant them.
I have grown onions, garlic, and leeks for years but have never tried shallots.
I highly recommend it! They’re delicious.
hopefully mine can go ssjb unlike the one in dragon ball legends
Bruh you been lifting? Or you juicing your shallots 😂
The camera adds 10 pounds 😊