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Shallot Zebrune
  • 1 packet (200 seeds)
  • Despatch: Within 14 Days
  • Price: (£2.49) £1.24
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Shallot Zebrune

Vegetable
New

  • Crops in : July,August
  • Flowers in : June,July

Description

Known also as ‘Cuisse de Poulet du Poitou’, this heritage variety of torpedo-shaped, brownish pink-skinned bulbs from seed is increasing in popularity for gourmet cooking and can be used to replace onions in many recipes. Good-sized bulbs for storing.

Sowing Instructions

Sow thinly, ideally in broad drills similarly to spring onions, 13mm (1/2in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart.

Growing Instructions

Thin seedlings if necessary, larger bulbs will form if given 4cm (1 ½ in) spacings.