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Has anyone ever brought back from France shallots for planting? And if so, did they thrive?

I'm fed up of only growing round shallots that are more like picking onions, and would like to try some real chalottes longues de Bretagne, but I'm not sure they'd succeed up here.

Elizabeth (Lancs)
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I used to take shallots back from here (24) to London where they thrived, which they rarely do here.
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My neighbour grows them commercially and they are sold in Tesco!

I think they might grow OK if your winter is not too harsh and your soil reasonably light. You would have to be careful to buy the correct shallots for planting and not the ones sold for eating that will probably have been treated so that they won't sprout. Sorry if this is a bit obvious.

Liz (29)
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