Shallots are, along with onions, the most widely grown condiment in vegetable gardens. Enjoy the intense, more marked flavor of the small-sized gray shallot, unlike the softer and larger pink shallot. Gray shallots require little care but remain in place for many months before being harvested.
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If you have a little room in your vegetable garden, plant gray shallots, which, once harvested, will flavor your dishes. Easy to grow, try the experience ofshallot gray to appreciate its purplish pink flesh with a spicy scent.
When to plant gray shallots?
Gray shallots are planted in fall but the period may extend from the month ofOctober until January. Buy cloves that are healthy, without marks or wounds and very firm. You will find the variety ‘Griselle’ or ‘Grisor’, for the best known.
How to plant the gray shallot?
Choose a location at Sun which will be occupied for many months by growing shallots and work the soil 20 cm deep before planting in order to obtain a light soil. Do not add manure, of compost nor organic fertilizers because shallots do not appreciate a soil rich in humus. This could cause the cloves to rot. Here are the key steps to successfully plant cloves:
- draw one or more lines 30 centimeters apart with a wire stretched by a string;
- with a hand shovel, make a hole every 20 centimeters;
- place the caieu shallot, point up;
- push it down to leave only a third of the view;
- allow a good month to see the first leaves appear.
How to maintain the rows of gray shallots?
Hoe or scratch the rows regularly to remove weeds, aerate the earth and break the crust shallow so that rainwater penetrates the earth. Wait until July to harvest the shallots, once the foliage has turned yellow. Either eat it as and when you need it, or you dry it for two days. It will keep for six to seven months. Savor these shallots with very tasty purplish flesh, covered with a gray and thick skin.
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