True shallots vs bunching onions

nuk-su-kow · August 2, 2012

Any allium experts in here? I'm interested in growing "shallots" for cuisine purposes. My google search resulted in a lot of conflicting information. There seems to be only 1 true shallot called French Grey while the rest of the shallot variety are actually bunching onions, or something like that. Anyway if someone has info and could chime in that would be awesome.

Is it true that true shallots don't go to seed, and the only way to grow them is by bulb propagation? From what I understand the bunching onions do in fact go to seed but the true shallots do not.

August 2, 2012	#1
nuk-su-kow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: WI Posts: 9	True shallots vs bunching onions Any allium experts in here? I'm interested in growing "shallots" for cuisine purposes. My google search resulted in a lot of conflicting information. There seems to be only 1 true shallot called French Grey while the rest of the shallot variety are actually bunching onions, or something like that. Anyway if someone has info and could chime in that would be awesome. Is it true that true shallots don't go to seed, and the only way to grow them is by bulb propagation? From what I understand the bunching onions do in fact go to seed but the true shallots do not.