Electric (red)

North

Not the best taste but good sized onions and keep well

I'm doing Electric again, and I've done Red Barons (I'm North) and both have stored

I've had good results from Sturon and Turbo

This year doing shallot Jermor

I did Radar and 3 other Japanese varieties... all did really well, but they did bolt early...

I also did Red Baron and they did really well, and I still haven't got them to put in!!

Radar are the only ones I have grown and they were brill so sticking with them Got to get 'em first though.

I got those Ade from Fothergills

I've done Red Baron for the last couple of years - and they've been hopeless - just seem to bolt really really easily

as you all know ive only had my plots just over a year and havent done winter onions before can i still get them now and when do they have to be in for

I'm gonna pop out and plant whatever I can get

They start being despatched in September HT so from then onwards I suppose

Ade I got Radar as well. Got three varieties this year

radar for me. Excellent this year also trying electric this year, have you put yours in yet Wardy?

oop North by the way!

I'm doing Swift, Radar, Electric and shallot Jermor (when they arrive)

Not got em in yet, they're in their nets in the wash house. It says to put em in during decent weather

I've done well over the past two years with overwintering onions. The first lotty crop I ever grew

I can't get hold of any shallots yet, but I haven't tried very hard yet...

I've bought me sets! Electric and Radar and gonna try a new one called Shakespeare, cos it's supposed to be bolt resistant... I'll report back..

can someone explain the point of shallots

I know most of you grow them so they must be worth it, but I've always assumed they're just little, hard to peel onions so why bother?

not a retorical question by the way I genuinely want to know

They taste wonderful. They impart a sweet flavour I reckon. I wasn't sure what to do with them other than treat em as onions, or pickle em so I googled and found a recipe for roast ones, done in honey and balsamic. Flipping fab. I grew Mikor and they're purpley red. You soak em in boiling water for a while to make em easier to peel.

Yep, basically they are just far nicer sweeter onions with a slightly nutty taste. Cordon bleu onions like wots for posh people......

yeh like wot we is

I use shallots in my green tomato chutney recipe ... and for pickled onions too

... finally got some onions from the lottie shop but don't know the name of them !! it didn't say

okidoke, in that case I'll give 'em a go this year
after all, there's plenty of space this time of year next to the dead brassicas

will they be on sale with jap onions then?

I've not been sent mine yet Tara. I ordered some from Fothergills when I ordered the onion collection, so bet they're still available

Wilkos done em last year Tara and mine turned out good.('bout the only thing that did). They were nameless variety and I didn't eat any as sis had them.

Did she have em alongside the fruit

I get the Longor shallots from the organic wotsit D&T... I tried the round ones as well but prefer the others, and they're easier to peel... They say to plant them in January...
If you make French dressing for salads, 1 finally chopped shallot in it does wonders Also more delicate than onion on tomato salad..

BTW, finally found the name of those 'banana shallots' I miserably failed to find in France... They're called ECHALIONS, think they come from Brittany...
Anybody going to Brittany soon?

you can buy em here I think

Oooooh Sunny was after some of those