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    Shallot sets not sprouting...

    Hiya

    I'm growing Shallots for the first time this year. I've planted them in the same way as our onion sets and they still haven't sprouted - they've been in the ground just over three weeks. How long does it usually take? I have a feeling they've just died.....

    thanks!

    Moog
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  • #2
    Patience grasshopper.
    Mark

    Vegetable Kingdom blog

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    • #3
      They will have strong and healthy roots growing underneath.

      Give them a bit more time.

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      • #4
        Glad to know it's not unusual. Thanks!

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        • #5
          I'm glad to know too. I was wondering exactly the same about my shallots, they've been in 3 weeks now and not a single bit of green yet. Won't be long!

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          • #6
            If you try and pull one out you'll find a lot of resistance from the strong root system they are building up before putting on any top growth!
            My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
            to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

            Diversify & prosper


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            • #7
              I planted white and white onion sets in modules in January. The white are great and have big shoots - the reds looked dead until i pulled one out the module and seen that it had loads of roots. They're going in as soon as poss!

              Patience is a virtue - they'll come true.
              Serene she stand amid the flowers,
              And only count lifes sunny hours,
              For her dull days do not exist,
              Evermore the optimist

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              • #8
                My shallots are the same, in a few weeks now and still no sign of any greenary.
                Glad to know i'm not the only one.

                And when your back stops aching,
                And your hands begin to harden.
                You will find yourself a partner,
                In the glory of the garden.

                Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                • #9
                  Mine went in 3 weeks ago and nothing at all .....

                  that is until today :

                  The 1st one popped up today

                  Don't worry give them a bit longer.
                  "When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
                  So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!" Brian O'Rourke

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                  • #10
                    Be patient!! If you'd been taken from a nice warm environment and buried up to your neck in cold, damp soil you'd take a while to get going as well.
                    Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.

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                    • #11
                      Please give them time Moog. They'll be along. Have some patience and you'll be rewarded for it. Bet they're there tomorrow.

                      From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Alice View Post
                        Please give them time Moog. They'll be along..............................
                        Wagging there tails behind them!
                        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                        Diversify & prosper


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                        • #13
                          Just catching up on what is going on in other parts of the country and something we all have in common is aren't we an impatient lot ...

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                          • #14
                            Happy to say they have sprouted now!

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