Allium cepa var aggregatum 'Picasso' Tweet

Genus: Allium

Common Name: Shallot 'Picasso'

Latin Name: Allium cepa var aggregatum 'Picasso'

Variety: 'Picasso'

Family Name: Liliaceae

Plant Description:

The shallot 'Picasso' is a gourmet addition to meals fresh from the garden.
'Picasso' has a very mild flavour without the onion bite and is one of the easiest and most useful of vegetables to grow.
Peel off the red-brown skins to reveal the pink flesh and use raw in salads or dressings.
Once harvested, they can be stored for quite a long period of time for use as required.
Shallots are grown as annuals, planted either as seed or as sets (small bulbs) in the spring and ready for harvesting in the autumn.
'Picasso' is variety resist bolting and disease.
They do best grown in an open, sunny position in a well drained soils. Sandy and limey soils are ideal.

Latin Name Explanation:

Allium is the old Latin name for garlic or alternatively it is derived from the Celtic 'all' meaning hot.

Preferred Aspect: Full Sun

Height: 45cm

Spread: 5cm

Form: Herbaceous

Hardiness: Fully Frost Hardy - withstand temperature down to -15C

Grown Height: 45cm

Grown Spread: 5cm

Leaf Type: Herbaceous

Likes Soil Type:

Any reasonably fertile soil
Chalky
Chalky Loam
Clay
Clay Loam
Loam
Peaty
Sandy
Sandy Loam

Does not thrive in Soil Type:

Hardiness: Fully Frost Hardy - withstand temperature down to -15C

Preferred Aspect: Full Sun

Primary Flower Colour: White

Primary Foliage Colour: Green

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Element of Interest:

Leaves
Plants for Culinary Use


Likes PH: Slightly Acid - Neutral - Slightly Alkaline

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Moisture Level: Moist well drained soil

Growth Rate: Moderate

After Care Required: Water Well After Planting


Work Involved: Easy to Grow

Fragrance: Not Scented

Suitable for Small Garden:

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Specific Planting:

It is best to plant shallots in a different place each year to prevent fungal spores building up in the soil and leading to disease. Do not incorporate fresh organic matter in to the soil immediately before planting as this can cause rotting. Instead feed the soil with organic matter in the previous autumn or use a balanced fertiliser, containing potash and phosphates as well as nitrogen, at the time of planting.
Plant the shallot 2.5cm deep in March or April, once danger of hard frosts has passed. Soils with a Ph 6.0-7.0 are ideal.
Push the bulbs gently into the ground so that the tip is just showing - don't firm them in too much. If the soil is heavy or particularly wet, place some coarse sand under each bulb. Plant individual bulbs around 5-10cm apart.
Water in after planting to ensure good soil contact for the roots to grow.

Specific Care:

Keep young plants well weeded and ensure they are not too shaded by other surrounding plants in the garden or allotmernt. Hoe carefully around the sets. Onion fly can be a problem particularly in hot weather or on very dry soils. The fly lays its eggs in the bulbs which are then eaten by the maggots. If infestation occurs dig up the affected plants and make sure there are no maggots left in the soil. Planting parsley around the onions is said to deter the fly. It is also good to plant shallots in soil where members of the umbellifer family, such as celery, have been previously grown. Soot is also said to be effective. Shallots should be ready to harvest in September-October.
The shallots can then be stored on trays or in nets in a light airy place.

Specific Feeding:

Little feeding is required if the soil is reasonably fertile. If necessary, use a general-purpose balanced fertiliser as a top dressing around growing bulbs.

Propagation

From Seed

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