I don't think my Shallots went to seed, they just multiplied at the bottom, plus I kept picking the greens since they were right outisde the door. I only have one year Shallot experience.

I dunno, but the ones I started from seed early this spring, set out in April, and let dry out in Aug the garden were dividing nicely. But just in two.

I don't believe anyone has commented on a similar experience since I posted this in September.

The Prisma hybrid shallot bulbs, grown from seed in 'o8, were replanted this year. They have grown nicely . . . but they almost don't look like shallots this time around.

Of course, the plants started out fairly large as the bulb began to grow. My French Gray are growing from bulbs, as usual. Almost as soon as they began to grow, they divided.

The Prisma have divided also but usually only into 2 & 4 bulbs. And, the plants look more like onions than shallots!

One plant will flower soon. I suppose that since they are hybrids, saving the seed wouldn't make much sense. I'm pleased, of course, that the other plants are busy dividing and growing bulbs and not flowering!

I'll update this thread when I harvest in July but want others who have grown shallots from seed and then replanted the bulbs the following year to be able to recount their experiences.

For me, so far, so good . . .

Steve

I have never saved shallot seed. I have been growing my shallots from save sets, and don't know the type that I'm growing. I have noticed that three or four have flowers and wanted to save the seed and try them out, any seed saving suggetions?
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Digit... were those 'Shallots' actually potato onions marked as shallots? I have seen people say that potato onions are shallots, when they are in fact not. As it turns out, potato onions start out small the first year, because of built of disease from cloning. I learned this from this website:

Here is a link that might be useful: kelly's garden

Going 4 1/2 years back, plus . . . yes, I am still replanting sets that were originally grown from seeds. Quite a few are in storage waiting to be set out again in 2014.

"built of disease from cloning" - I'm not sure what that means, Matt.

I don't think I'd pay much attention to "kelly's garden." Those "ramblings from the garden" are from 2000 to 2002. Fairly early in the game for hybrid shallots, etc. And, where is this Kelly now? Only on that site nearly 15 years ago and spreading conspiracy ideas about 9/11?

Steve