{"id":7562,"date":"2010-06-01T00:56:28","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T07:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7562"},"modified":"2010-05-31T03:07:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T10:07:58","slug":"shallots-for-showing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/shallots-for-showing\/","title":{"rendered":"Shallots for Showing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Autumn-show-shallots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7563\" title=\"Autumn show Shallots\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Autumn-show-shallots-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Autumn-show-shallots-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Autumn-show-shallots.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many shows have 2 classes for Shallots. Small pickling Shallots and &#8216;Giants&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Showing Shallots<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Grow Dutch Yellow for a &#8216;judge pleasing&#8217; variety or raise Russian Red from seed.<\/li>\n<li> Display small shallots in bowls of sand, sawdust or special boxes\u00c2\u00a0 for the &#8216;Giants&#8217;. The aim is to keep the bulb in formation.<\/li>\n<li> Pickling Shallots should be less than an inch across the waist and uniform.<\/li>\n<li> Harvest a few weeks before the show and ripen-off in the sun during the day, bringing them in during the evening.<\/li>\n<li> The end of May is a good time to thin Shallots being grown for showing. Carefully remove the center bulb from a cluster without disturbing the remainder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Shallot Varieties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Prisma F1, Golden Gourmet or Red Sun are even growers.<\/li>\n<li> Pesandor, Jermor and Vigarmor tend to be tubular shaped.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=&lt;b&gt;shallots&lt;\/b&gt;\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a> have good supplies for next season. Place your order when you see what has won this years show.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Show Standards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Local shows may have arbitrary judging standards for Shallots.<\/li>\n<li>The majority of bulbs often end up misshapen or bulging out, not  having good form.<\/li>\n<li>The large exhibition type  shallot is now awarded a maximum of 18 points because of the degree of  difficulty in achieving a perfect specimen.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00c2\u00a0 RHS show  handbook\u00c2\u00a0 &#8216;shapely bulbs of good form&#8221; are  considered best.<\/li>\n<li>The NVS judges guide goes even further and  states that \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsingle bulbs of good shape with circular outline\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 are  meritorious.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/joebielawa\/3399541371\/Shallots\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3456\/3399541371_7ea1ef7e2d_d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many shows have 2 classes for Shallots. Small pickling Shallots and &#8216;Giants&#8217;. Showing Shallots Grow Dutch Yellow for a &#8216;judge pleasing&#8217; variety or raise Russian Red from seed. Display small shallots in bowls of sand, sawdust or special boxes\u00c2\u00a0 for the &#8216;Giants&#8217;. The aim is to keep the bulb in formation. Pickling Shallots should be less than an inch across the waist and uniform. Harvest a few weeks before the show and ripen-off in the sun during the day, bringing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/shallots-for-showing\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}