Zebrune Shallot
Item Details
This delicious echelion (or banana) shallot originated in France, where it is called 'Cuisse de Poulet du Poitou' (chicken leg of Poitou). Plump, pinkish-brown bulbs taste sweet and mild, making them an excellent choice for both everyday and gourmet cooking. This long-day variety produces large yields in the first year (if planted early) and keeps extraordinarily well, ensuring a good supply over many seasons. 100 days.
- Pink-brown skinned bulbs
- Torpedo shaped bulbs
- Good keeper and resistant to bolting
- Sweet and mild flavor
Growing Instructions
Instructions - Sow seeds indoors in flats just beneath the surface of the soil and space 1" in all directions. Transplant outdoors as soon as soil can be worked in spring. Keep shallots well weeded with shallow cultivation.
- Start Indoors: 4-6 weeks before transplanting
- Germination: 4-10 Days
- Plant Outdoors: 6” Apart
- Light: Full Sun
Ratings & Reviews
1 review
Culinary Delight
by Donna
Give a row in your garden to these. Start indoors very early. (It'll give you hope in the long winter.) Set out plants in early spring. With decent soil, keep weeded and moist, you'll have a good crop mid summer. Harvest when most of the tops fold over. Cure for longer storage like onions 🧅
Easy to grow using the few tips above.