Shallots from seed...

[Creemteez]

Trying red shallots from seed this year. Anyone done this? Do they need treating any differently from onions? Want as many as possible as I grew them from sets last year and ARE TO DIE FOR when pickled!!!!

[The Large One]

sowed some bannana shallot seeds last w/end
not had very good luck with onion seed and if goes belly up it will be last time i try...will stick to sets

ive just sowed in half tray and leaving them in g/house till i can thin them individualy into modules
when they look like they are strong enought to take it i'll pop them in the allotment

[realfood]

I sow shallots and onions several seeds to a module, and plant out without separating them when conditions outside are suitable. They just push each other aside as required.
See the photo of them in modules ready to be transplanted here :-shallots

[Aberdeenplotter]

Grow as onions. Delish

[Scousemooncat]

I have had 50:50 success with onions/shallots from seed...2 years ago, from seed I had millions of them germinate and prosper after transplanting...this year - same set up (albeit different seed) but 5 have come up and 3 of them are looking decidedly on the way out already so its sets for me this year...

I am starting to think onions from seed is like making your own puff pastry - life is tooooo short...well, apart from once in a while!

S

[di]

Not really from seed....not at al. Whilst digging a neglected bit from last year, me and the kiddies came across lots of budding shallots from last year, today I split and replanted them. \\\\\\\\\fingers crossed.x