Shallots question

 I got given a bagfull of lovely shallots grown by my NE Vic-based FIL and
thought they tasted wonderful compared with the bog standard brown onions. I
nearly fainted at the price of them in the supermarket though.
How easy are they to grow?
When is planting time?
I am in Melbourne.

 

save some of the shallots and plant them next month. They grow and form
cloves like garlic.

 
Oh. I do have some of the little ones left. Will they do?

Liz

 

Got nothing to lose. I grew some from seed years ago but took a while to get
anywhere. What impressed me was how they formed their cloves and any I
missed came up the next year and formed more. Unfortunately I got greedy and
ate them all and forgot to plant more out.

Such is life

 
i was given a handful a few months ago, so i planted them. they are doing
very well & have multiplied considerably (despite the fact i seem to always
forget to water them or anything).

so they seem to be awfully easy to grow :-) if you're buying seed, just do
what the packet says. if you're planting some of the ones you've got, just
put them in & see what happens.
kylie