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shallot - banana, french
I remember reading in the past about banana shallots sets being
difficult to source & some being found in the supermarkets. I've just found them on sale at my local Lidl & the packaging info. has the variety as 'banana' & from france. If i were to try growing these, when would they want to go in? And are there any serious reasons not to like spreading virus etc? Thanks DD |
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shallot - banana, french
dirt dibbler wrote: I remember reading in the past about banana shallots sets being difficult to source & some being found in the supermarkets. I've just found them on sale at my local Lidl & the packaging info. has the variety as 'banana' & from france. If i were to try growing these, when would they want to go in? And are there any serious reasons not to like spreading virus etc? All I can think about is two type of 'echalotes', the grey one, small size, they do not keep well and you should have planted them in the automne, so there's still time with the weather we're having. Then there's the bigger one which the French call 'from Jersey', which is shaped like a croissant or indeed like a banana, though I have never heard them being sold in France as the 'banana echalotes' but as the 'turkey's leg' or 'chicken leg' shaped echalotes. You can plant them throughout the year. However, do not manure as this will bring on diseases. |
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shallot - banana, french
I think you will be wasting your time.
I bought some last year and they were a disaster I believe caused by the means of storage in France ...........................Leslie "dirt dibbler" wrote in message oups.com... I remember reading in the past about banana shallots sets being difficult to source & some being found in the supermarkets. I've just found them on sale at my local Lidl & the packaging info. has the variety as 'banana' & from france. If i were to try growing these, when would they want to go in? And are there any serious reasons not to like spreading virus etc? Thanks DD |
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