A versatile heirloom variety traditionally used as a bunching onion. White Lisbon produces bright green tops and long, mild-flavoured white shanks, perfect for fresh use. Left to mature, it forms small, tender bulbs ideal for pickling or adding a gentle onion flavour to dishes. Quick to grow and well suited to successional sowing throughout the season.
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Shallots
Allium fistulosum
Salad onion that grows in clusters of long hollow green leaves and forms no bulb. Likes a sunny position and rich well drained soil. Keep moist especially during germination. Harvest shallots before flowering for the best flavour. Useful as garnish. Eat raw in salads or cooked in soups, stir-fries and stews. Sow autumn to spring. 75 days.
Shallots seeds planting information:
| Tropics: | Mar-Jul |
| Subtropic: | Feb-Sep |
| Mild: | Feb-Sep |
| Cold/Frost: | Feb-Oct |
| Plant space cm: | 2-3 |
| Row space cm: | 20-30 |
| Depth cm: | 0.5 |
| Best soil temp: | 8-30 °C |
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| Number of seeds per gram: | 350-480 |
| Rate per hectare: | 3-4.5kg |
| Average days to maturity: | 85-105 |
Companion Planting
Try these plants as good neighbours for Shallots
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W.A. CustomersDue to quarantine restrictions in W.A. there is a 10,000 seeds limit per each variety.
Shallots seed count is . Please stay under this 10,000 seeds limit when ordering seeds as we will have to reduce or remove it from your order. If you have any queries on ordering large quantities please phone us on (07) 5533 1177.
TAS CustomersDue to quarantine restrictions in TAS there is an 800g limit per each seed variety.
Please stay under this 800g limit when ordering seeds as we will have to reduce or remove it from your order.
