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    Good Afternoon

    I planted some onions, shallots and garlic last October, (I think) and although I think I lost some owing to the bad weather, whats the tell-tale sign that they are ready to pick. Do I wait for the leaves to flop over, turn yellow or for seed heads to form?
    Built for comfort, not speed!

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    If you get seed heads forming nip them off!! Leaves should flop over and go yellow/brown, and you should be able to see good sized bulbs (if you haven't buried them too deep)

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    • #3
      Thank you RL
      Built for comfort, not speed!

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      • #4
        Sorry to gatecrash your thread hamsterhead, but as I've never grown shallots before thought this would be a good place to ask too. I planted mine around the same time, and I can see that they've split into separate bulbs, but the tips of the leaves are now going brown/papery.. is this normal or a sign of something else?

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        • #5
          No need to apologise. My problem is that I get impatient after planting. I need to relax and mellow
          Built for comfort, not speed!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by chrismarks View Post
            Sorry to gatecrash your thread hamsterhead, but as I've never grown shallots before thought this would be a good place to ask too. I planted mine around the same time, and I can see that they've split into separate bulbs, but the tips of the leaves are now going brown/papery.. is this normal or a sign of something else?
            Sounds normal to me Chris. They usually ripen ready for harvesting around June.

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            • #7
              Ah, good good thanks

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              • #8
                Sorry to intrude on someone elses thread but this my first time growing a lot of veg and I too am wondering when to harvest my shallots and do they look ok , please see images
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                • #9
                  See post 2...

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                  • #10
                    When an onion looks like an onion, it is an onion it can be cooked with . Not to say it won't grow bigger if you leave it but that is the long and the short of it.

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                    • #11
                      And my first garlic is ready - it went in 18th Sept last year.....it had to be moved last night for a carrot net and is drying out nicely.

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                      • #12
                        I am itching to pull my garlic up and have a look, but it is in pots and causing no trouble so I shall leave it for a bit..got a bit carried away and I have 39 plants..

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