It has been so hot this last week, too hot to do anything in the garden but its great for everything growing. The weekend just gone reached 30 degrees! I have been taking a look at my shallots. Never grown them before and what a surprise. I didnt expect them to split into multiple bulbs. I thought something had gone wrong. Again i made up my own mind about how far apart to plant and got it wrong again. but they are looking fantastic now.
I used a brush and swept soil away from the bulbs so they can get all the sun. Nothing shades then at all. I dont know when they are ready but it cant be long now.
My red onions are lovely and healthy. It looks like my support system i made has worked. They nearly all stand up straight and nothing touches the ground. The same with the white onions though they are not as big and sturdy as the red. I have picked off loads of little flower heads but none have grown on the white onions. The shallots have had the odd one or two. I dont know why this is.
I earthed up the leeks at the weekend using the soil i swept from the onions.
I planted them in rows with mounds of earth behind and in front of them. I had the idea that I would use this earth to build up around the leek but watering has made the mounds flatten out so that didn’t work well. Last year I used really thick tubes of card, bit like loo rolls but the leeks started to get strangled as they expanded. I had a mare trying to get the tubes off the leeks but no harm done in the end. I pulled the last leek from that lot about 10 days ago!!
I have about 30 leeks.
This is how it all looks today.
The garlic and shallots are starting to get yellow tips so i assume these are going to be ready soon. I cant wait!
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