🧅 Shallots

Vegetable Garden · growing reference

Days to maturity	90 days – 100 days, by type
Germination	10 days
Direct sowing	+14 days vs transplants
Spacing	6″ in the row × 12″ between rows
Planted as	seed
Water	~1–1.5 in a week

When to plant

In USDA zone 6, for example: Plant around Mar 18 — as soon as the ground can be worked. Start seeds indoors ~8 weeks earlier.

	Spring	Fall
Zone 3	Apr 17	Sep 6
Zone 4	Apr 9	Sep 11
Zone 5	Mar 29	Sep 24
Zone 6	Mar 18	Oct 6
Zone 7	Mar 4	Oct 27
Zone 8	Feb 15	Nov 11
Zone 9	Jan 23	Nov 26

Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.

Shallot Types

Set · 90 days · 0.3–0.6 lbs/plant — Dormant bulbs, straight in the ground — each divides into a cluster of 5–12; save the best for replanting.
Seed · 100 days · 0.2–0.4 lbs/plant — The modern hybrids (Ambition, Zebrune) — one bulb per plant, bolt less than saved sets; leek-tier tray starts.

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