How we Grow Dutch Red Shallots

[@gregzeigler3850]

I'm growing Red Sun Shallots. These attain the size of a medium onion(mostly). Eat the small ones and replant the big ones, thus creating more big ones. Over three years time, most are big ones. They will store for 6 months or more in a paper bag or cardboard box in a cool room. They are strong onion flavored. I spring plant mine...

[@MsCaterific]

🤍I enjoyed watching you harvest. Excellent use of voice over. I love your drying racks (note to self).

[@Zeropatience1]

Just wanted to say thank you for the video because even though I have my own garden to tend to I find this to be relaxing and really enjoyed watching and listening to you explain things :-)

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

Thank you

[@purplethumb7887]

The racks are awesome! Nice harvest!

[@maithuyvan8113]

Wow! you did a very good work. Keep going. ❤

[@patribtr]

Thanks for sharing with us newbees.

[@tinnerste2507]

Cheers for the video. I like how you dug them out and moved them around most videos don't give such a good view of how they grow and the variation in sized. I thought they grew more upright like bunching onions but they grow a bit sideways so I think I need to give them more space in the bed.

[@michellev-studio]

Thank you for sharing your process. I've been looking, and everyone is growing the French varieties, but we are not. We are growing the Dutch, like you, and it's our first year. Therefore, your video was quite insightful. Thanks again!

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

Thank you I'm so happy that you found it helpful. Have a great day!

[@jeny73]

Woww lots of onions great job.Thank you for video

[@nerissacortez4615]

Happy new year!!!Nice harvest!!! Do you have the link where you got the shallots from?

[@francesbatycki404]

When and how do you plant shallots?

[@erikutube33]

I see you let some go to bloom, does that affect the bulb size or the flavor?

[@gailthornbury291]

Awesome harvest

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

Thanks 👍

[@jmcooper4166]

Thank you for a great video! I read that when you plant a shallot you will get 7 when you harvest. It did not look like you were harvesting 7 like a garlic

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

Check the video out again and when you see my hand going into grab a whole cluster of shallots, realize that they all came from a single shallot that was planted the previous fall. Sometimes I get over a dozen shallots from a single planted shallot.

[@erikutube33]

Have you ever seen a garlic bulb grow 7 scapes? I planted one clove in one hole for all of them and this one had seven scapes! Crazy. All coming from the one main stem, very lacy growth up top, but looks like a strong shaft, will be curious what the bulb looks like when harvested. Mid-May here in the SE, don’t think it’s time yet. Was told it’s about one month after scapes form.

[@gregzeigler3850]

Cut off all scapes and eat them. The bulb will grow bigger.

[@tj21bem]

Small scallions are good, too. Pop them whole or halved in the InstantPot to make broth. I specially love them in my beef bone broth, ox tail stew, aroz caldo, etc.

[@gregzeigler3850]

Small ones are also delicious on the grill.

[@jimwallace9036]

Kev what a great looking crop and the soil they just popped out with such ease.are you selling any of them you and Thea can't eat them all LOL Did you make the drying racks out of pallets?

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

Yes we will be selling some of the shallots and some of the garlic from this year. Yes the soil is very nice in those beds. I made the racks out of used lumber, hardware cloth, screws and staples.

[@jimwallace9036]

@@GrowingABetterTomorrow My garlic is almost ready to come out of the ground and yes I am definitely interested in some of those great looking shallots our problem is we have a neighbor that is raising tree rats, rabbits skunks and thousands of birds that think my gardens are another part of his feeding troughs thank God they don't like garlic

[@erikutube33]

Do you fertilize or simply the residual compost and alfalfa suffices for the entire growing season? Do they prefer nitrogen heavy (mostly green vegetable) or need potassium for the bulb production?

[@erikutube33]

Sorry, I just finished and learned only amendment is the alfalfa for feeding the microbes.

[@erikutube33]

Great job on this video! Hard part for me is knowing when to harvest (if they are browning on the tips and if the lower three leaves are going brown. I think some of my garlic are stressed from the black aphids (nasty infestation and wondering if you have any issues with them, first year growing garlic and it’s been an issue that made the leaves perhaps artificially yellow and turned as many of the stronger ones located away haven’t turned as much in color and very green, but they haven’t had the volume and length of aphid hosting (didn’t catch them quickly enough and hand culling the aphids is the only way I know to do so as they reside in folded leaves or undersides as much as on top.)

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

Thanks for the comments, I'm going to try and answer as many topics that you mentioned in the series. Let me know if I don't cover everything and I will try to make a video to be more comprehensive about garlic and shallots in the future. So no, we don't fertilize any of our plants on the property with the exception of some potted citrus trees and we may fertilize our blueberry plants. Otherwise, we realize solely on cover crops, companion plants and compost. We believe in creating my microbial communities in the soil that do the work for us with regard to pest management, for fertility and in general creating a healthy environment for the plants that were growing for ourselves. Certainly. I've had some oddball growth with garlic in the past and they're often. The bulbs that I planted in our food forest has companion plants for our integrated pest management system in our food forest. Integrated pest management has been the most impactful thing for controlling soil microorganisms and those pests that attack are plants. Creating hedge rows around the gardens helps to create habitats and little ecosystems for all of our pest predators. Birds play a huge role in our garden systems. Managing most of the past that we have. Green lace swings, ladybugs, spiders and beneficial wasps are all over our gardens and they keep our plants very healthy. Healthy. Is it grow older? I find it much more beneficial to monitor natural systems and try to mimic them as best as possible. Permaculture principles have helped out a lot helping us to focus on developing our observation skills and trying to replicate the systems that seem to be working. I've created way too many videos over the years and haven't labeled them very well. So I realize that there are many voids in the information that I'm sharing in these videos. Although I do try my best. I hope this is helpful. Feel free to ask any questions and I'll try to address them in videos in the future. Thanks and have a great day!

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

There are French red and French gray shallots. The grays are a different species, sometimes called griselles, the reds are an onion cultivar. Both are grown for food. I think Dutch reds are also an onion cultivar.

[@robertmorley3609]

Start to finish? You don't have to plant them, water them, fertilize them?

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

I'm uncertain as to whether you're asking a question or making a statement.

[@robertmorley3609]

@@GrowingABetterTomorrow I wondered why a video of growing shallots "from start to finish" would begin with the harvest.

[@erikutube33]

Prob stating where they grow them and how to harvest and store them. Title doesn’t match with topic, but he said in another post he has a planting vid posted by his wife and another on planting from 2021, just search his vids.

[@paulettebruno851]

My shallots bag says Pikant #1 Shallots , M & G Holland. Non GMO. I don't know when to plant them. Spring or Fall? I bought these at Menards and planted in the spring. I got 3-4 bulbs per Clove.

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

It sounds like you’ve got a good start with your Pikant #1 Shallots! We actually have an article on our website that covers growing shallots in detail-you can find it in the description. Plus, here’s a video that should help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIqanGeDhayirNU. Whether to plant in spring or fall can depend on your local climate, but both seasons can work depending on what you’re aiming for.

[@01s0l]

❤

[@hiroyo-w1375]

This video is not how to grow shallots but how to harvest and store after harvest. I am planting sets from now, this is not for me yet unfortunately. I want to learn how to plant and grow really...

[@GrowingABetterTomorrow]

Sorry about that. My wife posted a video on planting Dutch red shallots that was uploaded 4 days ago. I hope this helps. I also made a video about planting Dutch red shallots fall of 2021 if that may be helpful as well. Sorry for the confusion!

[@hiroyo-w1375]

@@GrowingABetterTomorrow Thank you Kevin, I will definitely have a look. I planted sets of Red Sun 3 weeks ago but no shoots are coming up yet at all and I am researching about it. Your videos may help me.