Re: Garden report from MD

In a message dated 5/12/02 1:06:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, melauter@earthlink.net writes:


The shallots are sprouting -- they too were buried.  The planting directions
>for the shallot sets said to plant 2 inches deep.

That's baloney. You're lucky they're sprouting.  Use your finger to gently
push soil away from the tops of the cloves. Did you separate them into
cloves?  I hope you did.




I'm wondering if where you're located makes a difference to how deep you plant shallot bulbs. Jim Crockett from the first "Victory Garden" show always planted his with the tips about a half an inch below the soil line in May. He also suggested that if the bulbs are planted in the fall for a crop the next year, that the bulbs be planted 2 inches below the surface so that the bulbs wouldn't be tossed out of the soil by frost heaves, always a problem here in Boston.
Jim K
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