Has anyone seen any shallots for sale ? I've hunted high and low with no success and now the garden centres seem to be full of Christmas stuff.

Having the same prob with Carlingford seed potatoes mate.

Gutted.

Maybe that Dobbies webby may be of help?

Have a look and see if these people are any good to you mc 55 .;)

http://www.mammothonion.co.uk/shop/2/index.htm

Just for thee DK

http://potatoes.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/zww5016/1

Dobies has shallot seeds in stock, but not sets :( Are you looking for sets or shallot seeds, mc55? (I've never been able to grow onions/shallots from seed :suspect: )

There's a fab selection of shallot seeds on Owdlad's link (that site's going on my favourites :P), but no sets left in stock apart from hative de niort, which are expensive. Boo! :mad:

Are the Carlingfords for early Spring D_K, or to plant now?

It was suggested by Monty Don on telly to plant Carlingfords in Sept for a very early crop for the Christmas dinner.

I bought bins & compost but couldn't get the spuds :hihi: story of my life

wow, what a great link ... but I want sets (of course !) ... sigh - might have to resort to Tescos finest again ! Had no idea they were so difficult to get hold of.

What about Fosters ? Anyone been / remember shallots ('cos of course I know thats the first thing you all look for when you go to a gardening place !) ha ha ....

LOL, I'm still shallotless - could be worse I guess ....

What about buying some shallots off the veg stall & planting those?

Would that work?

I'm resorting to putting a few owd spuds in me bins & hoping for the best now.

hmm, good idea - anyone know if the market near to the Moor sells them ?

DK, think its a bit late now to plant spuds for Xmas dinner - I think (but I'm happy to stand corrected) that they should have been in during September ...