Shallot : Banana

Vegetable
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• Crops in : August onwards

Description

Long, banana-shaped shallots from seed, as used by many celebrity chefs. Banana Shallot produces attractive, shiny, copper brown-skinned bulbs with crisp white flesh and a very distinct flavour. Sowing densities will determine the size of bulbs you harvest. Stores well for winter use in the kitchen.

 Customer Rating

Reviews
Lovely onion with a bland generic name
By Ellen Kunec 21-02-2011
The pack I bought in 2010 contained about 100 seeds. I planted half the pack in a ring I made from slicing up a blue plastic barrel and gave the rest to a neighbour. I got a fabulous crop of sweet mild longue shaped onions. Wonderful, a gem hidden behind a boring generic name.

Sowing Instructions

Sow March to May. Sow seeds thinly, ideally in broad drills similarly as spring onions, 13mm (½in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart. Thin seedlings if necessary, larger bulbs will form if given 4cm (1½in) spacings.

Kitchen Notes

A must for all culinary dishes demanding shallots.